Asynchronous shell commands

Question

I\'m trying to use a shell script to start a command. I don\'t care if/when/how/why it finishes. I want the process to start and run, but I want to be able to get back to my

Answer 1

screen -m -d $command$ starts the command in a detached session. You can use screen -r to attach to the started session. It is a wonderful tool, extremely useful also for remote sessions. Read more at man screen.