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nohup

Allows for a process to live when the terminal gets killed. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup.
  • Run a process that can live beyond the terminal:
    nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}
  • Launch nohup in background mode:
    nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} &
  • Run a shell script that can live beyond the terminal:
    nohup {{path/to/script.sh}} &
  • Run a process and write the output to a specific file:
    nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}} &

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