Tip:using screen
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TIP: using screen
After starting a long running job, you cannot close the terminal wind, or the job will be cancelled. Instead, run the job from within a 'screen': type
screen
You now stared a 'new' terminal start your job press ctrl-a-d, that is the CTRL key with the 'a' key, followed by the 'd' key Now you're back in the terminal where you started. You can close this terminal, and the one behind the screen still exists and continues To get back into the now hidden one, type
screen -rd
To cancel a screen session, type ctrl-d
