Run bash script in a separated process (dettached from SSH/Putty) [duplicate]

I'm accessing Ubuntu Server from a putty terminal and then I run this test.sh script from that terminal:

$ bash test.sh & (note the &)

#!/bin/bash
while true
do node myscript.js wait $! sleep 5
done

Which is supposed to keep that node script running "forever". The issue is that when I close the SSH session/remote terminal (Putty) the script is also terminated.

How do I keep that script running after closing that SSH session?

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1 Answer

Use crontab -e and add your file there. Search how to use crontab to determine how to setup the correct timing. crontab is used to run scripts every X minutes/hours/days or even on specific dates (every 5th day of the month at 7 pm). It will run the script in the background for you.