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    Nohup Command in Linux

    When exiting the shell of a Linux System, all running processes are usually terminated or hang up. So what do you do If you still want to keep the processes running even exiting the shell/terminal? This is where the nohup command comes in.

    Nohup Command

    Nohup, short for no hang up is a command in Linux systems that keep processes running even after exiting the shell or terminal. Nohup prevents the processes or jobs from receiving the SIGHUP (Signal Hang UP) signal. This is a signal that is sent to a process upon closing or exiting the terminal. In this guide, we take a look at the nohup command and demonstrate how it can be used.

    Nohup Command Syntax

    Nohup command syntax is as follows;

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    nohup command arguments

    OR

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    nohup options

    Let’s see how the command comes into play

    Checking the version of Nohup

    You can begin by checking the version of Nohup using the syntax below

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    nohup --version

    Output

    Starting a process using Nohup

    If you want to keep your processes/jobs running, precede the command with nohup as shown below. The jobs will still continue running in the shell and will not get killed upon exiting the shell or terminal.

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    nohup ./hello.sh

    Output

    From the output above, the output of the command has been saved to nohup.out to verify this run,

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    cat nohup.out

    Output

    Additionally, you can opt to redirect the output to a different file as shown

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    nohup ./hello.sh > output.txt

    Once again, to view the file run

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    cat output.txt

    Output

    To redirect to a file and to standard error and output use the > filename 2>&1 attribute as shown

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    nohup ./hello.sh > myoutput.txt 2>&1

    Output

    Starting a process in the background using Nohup

    To start a process in the background use the & symbol at the end of the command. In this example, we are pinging google.com and sending it to the background.

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    nohup ping google.com &

    Output

    To check the process when resuming the shell use the pgrep command as shown

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    pgrep -a ping

    Output

    If you want to stop or kill the running process, use the kill command followed by the process ID as shown

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    kill 2565

    Output

    Summary

    • All processes that are run using the nohup command will ignore the SIGHUP signal even upon exiting the shell.
    • Once a job is started or executed using the nohup command, stdin will not be available to the user.
    • By default, the nohup.out is used as the default file for stdout and stderr.

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