linux run in background code example

Example 1: run screen on background linux terminal

# Install screen
yum install screen

# Initiate a Screen
screen -S <screen name> <command to execute>

# Detach from the screen
CTRL + A, D

# List all the screen currently working
screen -ls

# Reattach to a screen
screen -r <screen name>

# Kill specific screen
screen -X -S <screen name> quit

# Kill all screens
pkill screen

Example 2: linux run background

nohup ./myscript.sh &						# runs in background
nohup ./myscript.sh							# output is in nohup.out
nohup ./myscript.sh > myscript.log &		# output is in myscript.log

Example 3: linux run task in background

[command] 2> /dev/null &