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---
title: "Spawning background processes"
date: "2024-11-17"
---
Working in a terminal,
I often pair my editor with a background process watching files.
Before reaching for terminal multiplexers,
see if you can get away with simple tty job control.
Spawn the background process,
still attached to the terminal instance:
```
program args &
```
Also redirect its output to a file,
for when the process writes to the tty from the background:
```
nohup program args &
```
Extra reading:
- <https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/07/03/reasons-to-use-job-control/>
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