Run Long Jobs in Background on Linux

To run long running jobs on linux and not have to be logged in, do the following:

1. Start a new screen session

screen -L -S longjob

2. Run your long-running command

This will allow you to see the output of the command while it’s also written to a log file

your-command --with --args |& tee -a ~/longjob.log

3. Detach and leave it running

Ctrl + A then D

4. Log out safely

exit

5. Reattach later

screen -r longjob

6. When you’re done

Ctrl + D