How to deal with output from a background linux task

linux bash command-line background-process

you could have the process write its output to a file (if you need to view it later) like this:

git clone https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js.git >output.txt &

or discard the output altogether like this:

git clone https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js.git >/dev/null &

edit:

you could also include any error messages sent to stderror in either of the above options by replacing the & with 2>&1 &

linux bash command-line background-process

The other answers are good, but you can also use:

git clone -q ...

linux bash command-line background-process

redirect its standard output:

git clone https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js.git > /dev/null &

or use appropriate verbose options of the command (in this case git)

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