starting a job remotely with bash

Question

I'm trying to run a bash script on a remote machine, and I'd like to return immediately after running the script in the background of the remote machine. For instance:

$ echo foo.txt
sleep 2000 &

then when I tried to do:

$ ssh x.x.x.x 'bash -s' < foo.txt

the command never returns. Is there a way to make it return while sleep runs in the background on the remote machine?

put the ssh command in the background as well. – 123 Jul 22 '16 at 07:58 — 123, Jul 22 '16 at 07:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 22 '16 at 08:19

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May by;

echo foo.txt
sleep 2000 >&- 2>&- <&- &

>&- means close stdout.
2>&- means close stderr.
<&- means close stdin.
& means run in the background

edited Jul 22 '16 at 08:19

sozkul

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answered Jul 22 '16 at 08:16

Mustafa DOGRU

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starting a job remotely with bash

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