Many times we want to run a bash or a python script on a remote terminal and want it to continue to run even if we close the terminal. There is a simple way to do it with the help of ‘screen’ command.

How to start a script as screen

• ssh into your remote machine
• screen -L (-L to show ouput on the terminal) you will see some text hit enter again Now you can enter your command here e.g
• bash myscript.sh and then close the window by clicking on the cross mark on the topleft corner of the window

How to check the progress

• now ssh again into your remote machine
• screen -ls will list all the screens
• screen -r <screen-id> will move into that screen and show us the output. This will help you keep track of what is happening with the script