Running processes in background

nohup

nohup COMMAND [ARG]...
echo $HOME/nohup.out

nohup make > make.log
nohup make > make.log &

help commands

ctrl+z # To pause a process and get back to the shell
jobs # Show the status of all background and suspended jobs
fg %jobnumber # Bring a job back into the foreground
bg %jobnumber # Bring a job back into the background

other commands:

dtach -A /tmp/dtach.session /bin/bash
screen
byobu

• Method 1

1. Run some some COMMAND
2. ctrl+Z
3. jobs
4. bg %jobnum

• Method 2

1. Run some some COMMAND
2. ctrl+Z
3. jobs -l
4. bg %jobnum &

• Method 3

1. Run some some COMMAND
2. ctrl+Z
3. bg
4. disown -h %jobnum
5. exit