diff --git a/apps/shell/include/shell_pri.h b/apps/shell/include/shell_pri.h
index e1a47f1d..11dd582d 100644
--- a/apps/shell/include/shell_pri.h
+++ b/apps/shell/include/shell_pri.h
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@
 #ifndef _SHELL_PRI_H
 #define _SHELL_PRI_H
 
+#include "shell.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 #if __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 
-extern void *ShellEntry(void *argv);
+extern void ShellEntry(ShellCB *shellCB);
 extern void *ShellTask(void *argv);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/apps/shell/include/shmsg.h b/apps/shell/include/shmsg.h
index 4bc60261..70ffe4a2 100644
--- a/apps/shell/include/shmsg.h
+++ b/apps/shell/include/shmsg.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #ifndef _SHMSG_H
 #define _SHMSG_H
 
+#include "shell_list.h"
 #include "shell.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 typedef void (* OutputFunc)(const char *fmt, ...);
 extern int ShellTaskInit(ShellCB *shellCB);
-extern int ShellEntryInit(ShellCB *shellCB);
-extern void ChildExec(const char *cmdName, char *const paramArray[]);
+extern void ChildExec(const char *cmdName, char *const paramArray[], bool foreground);
 extern void ShellCmdLineParse(char c, OutputFunc outputFunc, ShellCB *shellCB);
 extern int ShellNotify(ShellCB *shellCB);
 
diff --git a/apps/shell/src/main.c b/apps/shell/src/main.c
index 3cdfc803..d0ece20c 100644
--- a/apps/shell/src/main.c
+++ b/apps/shell/src/main.c
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include "show.h"
 #include "shmsg.h"
 #include "shcmd.h"
+#include "shell_pri.h"
 #include "semaphore.h"
 #include "securec.h"
-#include "unistd.h"
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
 
 ShellCB *g_shellCB = NULL;
 
@@ -77,13 +80,8 @@ static int OsShellCreateTask(ShellCB *shellCB)
         goto OUT;
     }
 
-    ret = ShellEntryInit(shellCB);
-    if (ret != SH_OK) {
-        goto OUT;
-    }
-
-    (void)pthread_join(shellCB->shellTaskHandle, NULL);
-    (void)pthread_join(shellCB->shellEntryHandle, NULL);
+    shellCB->shellEntryHandle = pthread_self();
+    return 0;
 
 OUT:
     ShellDeinit(shellCB);
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ static int DoShellExec(char **argv)
     char *cmdLine = NULL;
 
     if (strncmp(argv[0], SHELL_EXEC_COMMAND, SHELL_EXEC_COMMAND_BYTES) == 0) {
-        ChildExec(argv[1], argv + 1);
+        ChildExec(argv[1], argv + 1, FALSE);
     }
     for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) {
         len += strlen(argv[i]);
@@ -125,11 +123,22 @@ static int DoShellExec(char **argv)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static void ShellSigChildHook(int sig)
+{
+    (void)sig;
+
+    while (waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0) {
+        continue;
+    }
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int ret = SH_NOK;
     ShellCB *shellCB = NULL;
 
+    (void)signal(SIGCHLD, ShellSigChildHook);
+
     if (argc > 1) {
         ret = DoShellExec(argv + 1);
         return ret;
@@ -165,7 +174,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     sem_init(&shellCB->shellSem, 0, 0);
 
     g_shellCB = shellCB;
-    return OsShellCreateTask(shellCB);
+    ret = OsShellCreateTask(shellCB);
+    if (ret != SH_OK) {
+        goto ERR_OUT3;
+    }
+
+    ShellEntry(shellCB);
 
 ERR_OUT3:
     (void)pthread_mutex_destroy(&shellCB->historyMutex);
diff --git a/apps/shell/src/shmsg.c b/apps/shell/src/shmsg.c
index 0fb2b69d..e0cdb67b 100644
--- a/apps/shell/src/shmsg.c
+++ b/apps/shell/src/shmsg.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ char *GetCmdName(const char *cmdline, unsigned int len)
     return cmdName;
 }
 
-void ChildExec(const char *cmdName, char *const paramArray[])
+void ChildExec(const char *cmdName, char *const paramArray[], bool foreground)
 {
     int ret;
     pid_t gid;
@@ -367,10 +367,12 @@ void ChildExec(const char *cmdName, char *const paramArray[])
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    ret = tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, gid);
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        printf("tcsetpgrp failed, errno %d\n", errno);
-        exit(1);
+    if (!foreground) {
+        ret = tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, gid);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            printf("tcsetpgrp failed, errno %d\n", errno);
+            exit(1);
+        }
     }
 
     ret = execve(cmdName, paramArray, NULL);
@@ -404,20 +406,30 @@ int CheckExit(const char *cmdName, const CmdParsed *cmdParsed)
     exit(ret);
 }
 
-static void DoCmdExec(const char *cmdName, const char *cmdline, unsigned int len, const CmdParsed *cmdParsed)
+static void DoCmdExec(const char *cmdName, const char *cmdline, unsigned int len, CmdParsed *cmdParsed)
 {
+    bool foreground = FALSE;
     int ret;
     pid_t forkPid;
 
     if (strncmp(cmdline, CMD_EXEC_COMMAND, CMD_EXEC_COMMAND_BYTES) == 0) {
+        if ((cmdParsed->paramCnt > 1) && (strcmp(cmdParsed->paramArray[cmdParsed->paramCnt - 1], "&") == 0)) {
+            free(cmdParsed->paramArray[cmdParsed->paramCnt - 1]);
+            cmdParsed->paramArray[cmdParsed->paramCnt - 1] = NULL;
+            cmdParsed->paramCnt--;
+            foreground = TRUE;
+        }
+
         forkPid = fork();
         if (forkPid < 0) {
             printf("Faild to fork from shell\n");
             return;
         } else if (forkPid == 0) {
-            ChildExec(cmdParsed->paramArray[0], cmdParsed->paramArray);
+            ChildExec(cmdParsed->paramArray[0], cmdParsed->paramArray, foreground);
         } else {
-            waitpid(forkPid, 0, 0);
+            if (!foreground) {
+                (void)waitpid(forkPid, 0, 0);
+            }
             ret = tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, getpid());
             if (ret != 0) {
                 printf("tcsetpgrp failed, errno %d\n", errno);
@@ -567,20 +579,10 @@ static void ExecCmdline(const char *cmdline)
     free(output);
 }
 
-void RecycleZombieChild(void)
-{
-    while (waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0) {
-        continue;
-    }
-}
-
 static void ShellCmdProcess(ShellCB *shellCB)
 {
-    char *buf = NULL;
     while (1) {
-        /* recycle zombine child process */
-        RecycleZombieChild();
-        buf = GetCmdline(shellCB);
+        char *buf = GetCmdline(shellCB);
         if (buf == NULL) {
             break;
         }
@@ -654,25 +656,19 @@ static int ShellKernelReg(unsigned int shellHandle)
     return ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, CONSOLE_CONTROL_REG_USERTASK, shellHandle);
 }
 
-void *ShellEntry(void *argv)
+void ShellEntry(ShellCB *shellCB)
 {
     char ch;
     int ret;
     int n;
     pid_t tid = syscall(__NR_gettid);
-    ShellCB *shellCB = (ShellCB *)argv;
 
     if (shellCB == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
+        return;
     }
 
     (void)memset_s(shellCB->shellBuf, SHOW_MAX_LEN, 0, SHOW_MAX_LEN);
 
-    ret = prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "ShellEntry");
-    if (ret != SH_OK) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     ret = ShellKernelReg((int)tid);
     if (ret != 0) {
         printf("another shell is already running!\n");
@@ -685,32 +681,5 @@ void *ShellEntry(void *argv)
             ShellCmdLineParse(ch, (OutputFunc)printf, shellCB);
         }
     }
-    return NULL;
+    return;
 }
-
-int ShellEntryInit(ShellCB *shellCB)
-{
-    int ret;
-    size_t stackSize = SHELL_ENTRY_STACKSIZE;
-    void *arg = NULL;
-    pthread_attr_t attr;
-
-    if (shellCB == NULL) {
-        return SH_NOK;
-    }
-
-    ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
-    if (ret != SH_OK) {
-        return SH_NOK;
-    }
-
-    pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stackSize);
-    arg = (void *)shellCB;
-    ret = pthread_create(&shellCB->shellEntryHandle, &attr, &ShellEntry, arg);
-    if (ret != SH_OK) {
-        return SH_NOK;
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
-