setsid Command - Control Process Sessions | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos

Control process sessions with the setsid command. Run programs in new sessions, manage process groups, and control terminal behavior. Free online tool, no registration required.

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.

  • 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 {{[-f|--fork]}} {{program}}

  • Return the exit code of a program as the exit code of setsid when the program exits:

setsid {{[-w|--wait]}} {{program}}

  • Run a program in a new session setting the current terminal as the controlling terminal:

setsid {{[-c|--ctty]}} {{program}}