root@89de118f2aa3:~# ps -ef ; date ; nohup ./zombie & ; sleep 2 ; ps -ef ; sleep 65 ; date ; ps -ef bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;' root@89de118f2aa3:~# ps -ef ; date ; (nohup ./zombie &) ; sleep 2 ; ps -ef ; sleep 65 ; date ; ps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 16:41 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash root 364 1 0 16:47 ? 00:00:00 ps -ef Wed May 20 16:47:37 UTC 2015 nohup: appending output to 'nohup.out' UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 16:41 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash root 367 1 0 16:47 ? 00:00:00 ./zombie root 369 367 0 16:47 ? 00:00:00 [zombie] root 370 1 0 16:47 ? 00:00:00 ps -ef Wed May 20 16:48:44 UTC 2015 UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 16:41 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash root 373 1 0 16:48 ? 00:00:00 ps -ef root@89de118f2aa3:~#