Questions tagged [background-process]

Question 1

$ sleep 1234& $ sleep 12345678& $ %sleep\ 1234 bash: fg: sleep 1234: ambiguous job spec $ jobs [1]- Running sleep 1234 & [2]+ Running sleep 12345678 & ...

Question 2

A semi-hypothetical question...i've logged into a machine remotely, set up a series of tasks along the lines of sleep 36000 ; source myjob1 & sleep 36000 ; source myjob2 & (etc.) and then ...

Question 3

I want to fzf through all the pdf files in a directory, open it and release the terminal. I tried PDF_READER=okular # or evince find -type f -name "*.pdf" -print | fzf --print0 | xargs -0 $...

Question 4

I use two graphical virtual terminals (sessions) on a debian desktop with KDE (the ones you switch between using chvt or Ctr-Alt-F7, F8, etc.). I notice that processes in open windows in the inactive ...

Question 5

Given this code: #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail function someFn() { local input_string="$1" echo "$input_string start" sleep 3 echo "$input_string end" } function ...

Question 6

A borgmatic backup command that runs for many hours: long_running_cmd &> file.txt I did Strg+Z then bg then disown to keep the command running I case my laptop goes to sleep or disconnects. I ...

Question 7

I have observed the following and want to understand why: First, I run a Node server that listens on a port on a remote server using: nohup my-app & Next there are two cases: I logout of the ...

Question 8

I have here a not really fine app, partially out of my control. Sometimes it stops and I want to restart it, and some extra options. So, if it exists, I want to start my script. Poor man solution ...

Question 9

I tried this simple test ping [SOME IP] &;ls expecting the output of ping to overlap with the listing. Instead, I got an error: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;' It does not help ...

Question 10

When running a long-running command in the background over SSH from a non-interactive shell script, I noticed the process continues running on the remote machine without using nohup, disown, or ...

Question 11

I tested the following with both bash and dash, and it seems to reliably hang: [ -p pipe ] || mkfifo pipe i=0 while [ $i -lt 10 ]; do <pipe cat & : $(( i+=1 )) done # sleep 1 echo hello ...

Question 12

I am very new to linux and I need some help. I am trying to put blockchain node processes on the background so that they run without my being logged in. I am using systemctl to run my process in the ...

Question 13

Considering the following script: if [[ -z "$DOWNLOAD_ONLY" || "$DOWNLOAD_ONLY" = *conditions* ]]; then function get_condition { curl -s "https://conditions.com" | ...

Question 14

I have tried almost every solution on Stack Exchange (except for nohup; it seems like that is not an ideal loophole), but Systemd still kills my background processes. I also tried starting a Tmux ...

Question 15

I have a Debian 12 (bookworm) host where I run three VMs using QEMU / KVM. To simplify VM management, each VM has a QEMU monitor socket. These sockets are /vm/1.sock, /vm/2.sock and /vm/3.sock. Among ...

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Questions tagged [background-process]

Are some bash ambiguous job specs impossible to differentiate?

Examining jobs submitted in other sessions

Open pdf files in the background with fzf

How to ensure processes/windows in background virtual terminals run?

How to wait for background commands that were executed within a subshell?

How to redirected output from disowned process to a file

Process run with nohup gets killed on client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe

How to wait the end of a non-child process?

Why can't & and ; be used together (two processes started, first in the background)? [duplicate]

How Do SSH-Launched Long-Running Background Jobs Detach Without nohup or disown?

Should launching background jobs cause a race condition?

Is it possible that systemctl process would not run without me being logged in to the server?

Can one execute a function in background from a function that is already running in background?

Systemd kills all background processes after ssh session ends despite all the typical solutions

Understanding piping to a unix domain socket in the background

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