title: How to redirect the output of an application in background to /dev/null
body: <p>I would like to redirect the output generated from a background application in Linux to /dev/null.</p>
  
  <p>I am using kate text editor and it prints all the debug messages on the terminal which I would like to redirect to /dev/null.</p>
  
  <p>Any idea how to do it ?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>