CODEWITHSUNDEEP
shellunix
user3766953
user3766953

Reputation: 17

how to run shell script in background in unix

how to run shell script in background in unix?

My script

#!/bin/sh
while [ true ]
do
    ps -fu $USER>>/home/axway/trace.log 2>&1 
    sleep 10
done

running above script (shellEx1.sh) in background by nohup command on promt

nohup ./shellEX1.sh &

having below isuue:

$ nohup ./shellEX1.sh &
[3] 19520
$ nohup: ignoring input and appending output to    `nohup.out'

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4434

Answers (2)

ganeshragav
ganeshragav

Reputation: 8905

Its warning to say like the output of the script will be written in file 'nohup.out'. In order to remove this warning, you can try

nohup ./shellEX1.sh >/tmp/output.txt &

or

nohup ./shellEX1.sh >/dev/null &

Upvotes: 1

Aiden880
Aiden880

Reputation: 11

Just a thought, you could make it connect or create a screen instance at the start.

screen -S bashscript my bash script

Upvotes: 0

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