What does at the end of a linux command mean

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I am a system administrator and I have been asked to run a linux script to clean the system.

The command is this:

perl script.pl > output.log &

so this command is ending with a & sign, is there any special significance of it?

I have basic knowledge of shell but I have never seen this before.

Apr 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Edureka
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