how to run nohup when prompted for password and/or input parameter

Question

I typically use nohup like so:

nohup ./myscript.sh 11111 > nohup.out &

Where 11111 is an input parameter. In this case, the application is prompting for a password and I'm unable to use nohup.

How do I get around this if I'm prompted for a password? as well as passing an input parameter? I need the nohup.out for review.

I think check if autoexpect program is available to you, then you can run autoexpect and the interactive script you wanted to run. That will generate the expect script needed. — Petter H, May 08 '15 at 05:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '15 at 06:05

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try nohup bash -c "./myscript.sh 11111" > nohup.out

answered May 08 '15 at 06:05

Maxiko

How does it go into the background? I'm prompted for my password which is fine, but the session is still attached. How do I get it to release back into the shell? thx – noober May 08 '15 at 13:15

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