I did not see this come through, so I'm sending it again. As they say, all good deeds should not go unpunished and I wish to make sure that all who answered my query are punished appropriately.

To all,

Thank you so much for the responses! The information has proved most helpful. The command i sought was the ampersand after the application name. I do not know why I thought it went in front of the name and not after, probably because I spend way too much time bouncing back and forth between M$ and Linux.
Also too, those who suggested other modes of placing the terminal in the background, thank you. I will save all of your mails for future reference, I am quite sure they will come in handy. It is such community collaboration that makes Linux what it is.

J. D. Leach Columbus, Indiana USA
Uptime: 17:04:56 up 1 day, 1:35, 1 user, load average: 1.58, 1.39, 1.21
Linux/Open Source Computer using: Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.12-12mdk

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