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How to create an sh script to run another sh script with Screen session or Tmux session

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Alobar

All I want is create a bash script that runs another bash script in a different folder, but with a detached screen session. Also it should be executed as non-root user. Here's what I've done:

#!/bin/sh
cd /bot/ && screen -S Bot -d -m ./bot.sh
chmod +x script.sh

After running it with ./script.sh, it doesn't give me an error, but no response.

Also I tried with:

#!/bin/sh
screen -S Bot -d -m -c "cd bot" && ./bot.sh

And come up with this error: ./script.sh: line 1: bot.sh: No such file or directory

I've a little question too: how can I make a script to track on this session to run it back if session or bot terminates? Thanks in advance.

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Why would you want/need this? Tell us what you really want, and we may be able to come up with a much better solution than what you currently think is the solution to your problem.
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Alobar
Hello, i think the problem solved with Tmux script. And you're right, i should have told clearly what i want. I want this script works on startup with non-root user, but also have ability to restart on session or bot itself terminates.
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Artur Meinild avatar Ubuntu
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Artur Meinild

This script is based on a number of presumptions:

  1. I'm using tmux instead of screen

  2. The script you want to run inside tmux is /bot/bot.sh

So the ./script.sh I would suggest is the following:

#!/bin/sh
sessname="Bot"

# Create a new session named "$sessname"
tmux new-session -d -s "$sessname"

# Run command in the session "$sessname"
tmux send-keys -t "$sessname" "/bot/bot.sh" Enter

# Attach to the session "$sessname"
#tmux attach -t "$sessname"

A couple of remarks:

  1. You should always use absolute paths in a script (/bot/bot.sh, not ./bot.sh)
  2. If you also want to attach to the session, uncomment the last line
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Alobar
So much thank you for your interest. Could you helping with making this script to run at startup with non-root user and find a way to keep eye on it to restart when it terminates?
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I guess your first option works fine, but screen will run in detached mode, so you'll see no output outside screen.

Check screen -ls to see running screen sessions and screen -r ID to attach to them.

Anyways, you could better use absolute paths: /bot/bot.sh instead of cd /bot/ && ./bot.sh:

#!/bin/sh
screen -S Bot -d -m /bot/bot.sh

You should be able to attach to the screen with screen -r Bot.

Your second script is quite wrong:

screen -S Bot -d -m -c "cd bot" && ./bot.sh

  • -c would expect a file:

    -c file override the default configuration file from "$HOME/.screenrc" to file.

  • It runs ./bot.sh outside the session because && will separate your commands. So, you're still in your initial directory where bot.sh does not exist. Hence the error.

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