What is are the advantages of running a command in the backg

What is (are) the advantage(s) of running a command in the background.

Solution

Running a command in background will release the prompt so that, you can continue running other commands from the same command prompt. Adding an & at the end of the command, will make the process run in the back ground.

But note that, running a process in the background will make you less informed on what is happening for that process, and accidental closing of the prompt window may lead to end all the background processes, which will make them stop abruptly.