background-script

A bash script to run stuff in the background, even if you disconnect from the server. Useful when ssh remoting into servers and executing long running commands

Usage:

1. apt install moreutils
2. Modify job.sh to run any long-running commands you wish to execute
3. ./run.sh
4. View the output in job.log

Advantages:

• The entire log of the output is saved to a log file, adding timestamps in front of each line.

Alternatives:

• nohup
• byobu
• tmux
• screen
• disown (this script uses disown behind the scenes)