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How do I prevent a script from terminating when the shell exits?

In particular, I created a script to start Firefox which I double-click and choose 'Run in terminal,' but when the shell exits Firefox is killed immediately. How do I prevent this from happening?
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Parallel execution of a program on multiple files

I have a small script that loops through all files of a folder and executes a (usually long lasting) command. Basically it's for file in ./folder/*; do ./bin/myProgram $file > ./done/$file ...
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How to append multiple lines to a file with bash

I am writing a bash script to look for a file if it doesn't exist then create it and append this to it: Host localhost ForwardAgent yes So "line then new line 'tab' then text" I think its a ...