Bash: Call shell script but do not wait for return code

Question

Is it possible in Bash to call a shell script from another shell script but not have the original script wait for the sub-script to complete?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '13 at 13:21

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Just fork it with a &. As in, sh /path/to/script/script.sh &

This will print messages from the subscript, but you can replace the & with >/dev/null & and suppress the output.

answered Jun 18 '13 at 13:21

Nathan C

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '13 at 13:53

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You should use "nohup" to make sure the process / script completes even if your user is logged out:

nohup /my/script.sh &

answered Jun 18 '13 at 13:53

Pascal Schmiel

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