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I want to run a command, and not have it quit when Terminal closes.
For instance, if I run top & ; disown, top quits when I quit Terminal. I want to keep top alive.
I know this is possible since the command open can do this. (For example, open -e opens up TextEdit, and when you quit out of Terminal, TextEdit stays open.)
Thanks in advance.
Add this to your ~/.bash_profile if you use bash or ~/.zshrc if you use zsh, changing the content of the COMMANDS array:
function openterms() {
COMMANDS=("source bin/activate" "add another here" "continue likewise")
for command in $COMMANDS
do osascript -e \
"tell application \"Terminal\" to do script with command \"$command\""
done
}
Now calling openterms in a shell will open all the other shells you wanted.
Not sure why it didn't work with Login shell selected, but I changed it to
⌘ command and invoked bash -l or /bin/bash -l to make it work the same way. Hope this helps anyone else who has the same problem!
Best Answer
Use screen:
To start a session and a process within run
screen command(e.g.screen top). Detach from the session with ctrlActrlD.Now you can close the Terminal session window or quit Terminal at all and the process started previously is still running.
After (re-)starting Terminal you can get a list of all detached sessions with
screen -list. Use the pid to reattach to a session:screen -R [pid]. To stop the reattached session's process use the common commands (e.g. ctrlC fortop) andexitto stop the session.If you want to start a process in a new immediately detached session use:
screen -d -m command(e.g.screen -d -m top). This will create a new screen session while you get a new prompt in your currently open shell session.Please check
man screenfor a lengthy description, key bindings and customizations.