How can I run a command which will survive terminal close?

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How can I run a command which will survive terminal close?

Sometimes I want to start a process and forget about it. If I start it from the command line, like this:

redshift

I can't close the terminal, or it will kill the process. Can I run a command in such a way that I can close the terminal without killing the process?

terminal command-line

4 years ago by Amit8z4mc

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**akshay1995** · Answer 1 · 2021-07-30T12:49:37

One of the following 2 should work:



$ nohup redshift &

or



$ redshift &

$ disown

See the following for a bit more information on how this works:

man nohup

help disown

**sandhya6gczb** · Answer 2 · 2021-08-03T14:50:37

If your program is already running you can pause it with Ctrl-Z, pull it into the background with bg and then disown it, like this:



$ sleep 1000

^Z

[1]+  Stopped                 sleep 1000

$ bg

$ disown

$ exit

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How can I run a command which will survive terminal close?

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