Is there a way to run Emacs in the background from a Linux shell?

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When running Emacs from a Linux shell, it typically occupies the foreground, preventing further shell commands until Emacs is closed. To run Emacs in the background, append an ampersand (&) to the command, such as "emacs foo.txt &". Additionally, if Emacs is already running in the foreground, it can be suspended and resumed in the background using the "bg" command. For instance, after suspending the program, you can find its job number with "jobs -l" and then use "bg %<job_number>" to continue it in the background.
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When I open emacs from a linux shell, it always makes it run in the "foreground" so that I cannot do anything else in the shell until I close emacs. I used to know a way around this with some extra command after "$ emacs" but I forgot it. Does anyone know what I am talking about?
 
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You automatically background commands by adding & behind it.

So for example "emacs foo.txt &"

Also if you suspend a program, you can resume it in the background with the command bg. Example would be

"jobs -l" outputs 512 for your emacs program, so then you run "bg %512".
 

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