Does nohup work across a pipe?

Question

If I do

nohup cmd1 | cmd2 &

is that the same as

nohup \"cmd1 | cmd2\" &

?

I would like th

Answer 1

You could start your pipe in a screen session. Keystroke Ctrl-a and then d will detach the screen session from your terminal. You can then safely exit your terminal; the pipe will continue to run. Use screen -r to reconnect to the session again.