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How to run Intellij IDEA from terminal in detached mode

I'm trying to run Intellij IDEA 2019.2 from terminal in Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS with command idea.

But terminal is stayed connected to IDEA output - IDEA write logs to it.

I've tried to use &: idea &, but it didn't help - console is still connected to IDEA.

romach@romach:~/bin$ idea &
[2] 836
romach@romach:~/bin$ 2019-08-01 15:55:56,253 [   1189]   WARN - llij.ide.plugins.PluginManager - Docker integration not loaded: until build 182.SNAPSHOT < IU-192.5728.98 
2019-08-01 15:55:56,296 [   1232]   WARN - llij.ide.plugins.PluginManager - NodeJS not loaded: until build 191.SNAPSHOT < IU-192.5728.98 
2019-08-01 15:55:56,865 [   1801]   WARN - llij.ide.plugins.PluginManager - Docker integration not loaded: until build 182.SNAPSHOT < IU-192.5728.98 
2019-08-01 15:55:56,905 [   1841]   WARN - llij.ide.plugins.PluginManager - NodeJS not loaded: until build 191.SNAPSHOT < IU-192.5728.98 
2019-08-01 15:56:01,584 [   6520]   WARN - s.impl.EditorColorsManagerImpl - Cannot find scheme: VibrantInk from plugin: com.intellij.database
Solution

  • I don't think that idea is still "attached" to the console. It just uses the console as an output.
    Try to use idea > /dev/null 2>&1 & to redirect the output to /dev/null