How do I use the nohup command without getting nohup.out?

Question

I have a problem with the nohup command.

When I run my job, I have a lot of data. The output nohup.out becomes too large and my process slows down. How can I run thi

Answer 1

sudo bash -c "nohup /opt/viptel/viptel_bin/log.sh $* &> /dev/null"  &

Redirecting the output of sudo causes sudo to reask for the password, thus an awkward mechanism is needed to do this variant.

Answer 2

nohup some_command > /dev/null 2>&1&

That's all you need to do!

Answer 3

If you have a BASH shell on your mac/linux in-front of you, you try out the below steps to understand the redirection practically :

Create a 2 line script called zz.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello. This is a proper command"
junk_errorcommand

• The echo command's output goes into STDOUT filestream (file descriptor 1).
• The error command's output goes into STDERR filestream (file descriptor 2)

Currently, simply executing the script sends both STDOUT and STDERR to the screen.

./zz.sh

Now start with the standard redirection :

zz.sh > zfile.txt

In the above, "echo" (STDOUT) goes into the zfile.txt. Whereas "error" (STDERR) is displayed on the screen.

The above is the same as :

zz.sh 1> zfile.txt

Now you can try the opposite, and redirect "error" STDERR into the file. The STDOUT from "echo" command goes to the screen.

zz.sh 2> zfile.txt

Combining the above two, you get:

zz.sh 1> zfile.txt 2>&1

Explanation:

• FIRST, send STDOUT 1 to zfile.txt
• THEN, send STDERR 2 to STDOUT 1 itself (by using &1 pointer).
• Therefore, both 1 and 2 goes into the same file (zfile.txt)

Eventually, you can pack the whole thing inside nohup command & to run it in the background:

nohup zz.sh 1> zfile.txt 2>&1&

Answer 4

Following command will let you run something in the background without getting nohup.out:

nohup command |tee &

In this way, you will be able to get console output while running script on the remote server:

Answer 5

You can run the below command.

nohup <your command> & >  <outputfile> 2>&1 &

e.g. I have a nohup command inside script

./Runjob.sh > sparkConcuurent.out 2>&1

Answer 6

You might want to use the detach program. You use it like nohup but it doesn't produce an output log unless you tell it to. Here is the man page:

NAME
       detach - run a command after detaching from the terminal

SYNOPSIS
       detach [options] [--] command [args]

       Forks  a  new process, detaches is from the terminal, and executes com‐
       mand with the specified arguments.

OPTIONS
       detach recognizes a couple of options, which are discussed below.   The
       special  option -- is used to signal that the rest of the arguments are
       the command and args to be passed to it.

       -e file
              Connect file to the standard error of the command.

       -f     Run in the foreground (do not fork).

       -i file
              Connect file to the standard input of the command.

       -o file
              Connect file to the standard output of the command.

       -p file
              Write the pid of the detached process to file.

EXAMPLE
       detach xterm

       Start an xterm that will not be closed when the current shell exits.

AUTHOR
       detach was written by Robbert Haarman.  See  http://inglorion.net/  for
       contact information.

Note I have no affiliation with the author of the program. I'm only a satisfied user of the program.