As Terry Lambert, the developer behind Linux ancestor Unix, once said, "It is not Unix's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is Unix's job to deliver Mr. Bullet ...
The nohup (no hangup) command will override the normal hangups (SIGHUP signals) that terminate processes when you log out. For example, if you wanted to run a process with a long-running loop and ...