setsid

Run a program in a new session if the calling process is not a process group leader. The created session is by default not controlled by the current terminal. More information: <https://manned.org/setsid>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/setsid.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install util-linux
Ubuntu
apt-get install util-linux
Alpine
apk add util-linux
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S util-linux
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install util-linux
CentOS
yum install util-linux
Fedora
dnf install util-linux
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install util-linux
OS X
brew install util-linux
Raspbian
apt-get install util-linux
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/setsid
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/setsid setsid powered by Commando

Run a program in a new session if the calling process is not a process group leader. The created session is by default not controlled by the current terminal. More information: <https://manned.org/setsid>.

  • Run a program in a new session:
    setsid program
  • Run a program in a new session discarding the resulting output and error:
    setsid program > /dev/null 2>&1
  • Run a program creating a new process:
    setsid --fork program
  • Return the exit code of a program as the exit code of setsid when the program exits:
    setsid --wait program
  • Run a program in a new session setting the current terminal as the controlling terminal:
    setsid --ctty program

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