screen ssh long running commands

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You want to be using GNU Screen. It is super awesome!

ssh [email protected]
screen               #start a screen session
run-a-long-process
CTRL+a , d to detatch from your screen session

exit                 #disconnect from the server, while run-a-long-process continues
When you come back to your laptop:

ssh [email protected]
screen -r            #resume the screen session
Then check out the progress of your long-running process!

You can quit that screen without attaching to it. First, find its session and then quit it:

screen -ls
screen -X -S [session # you want to kill] quit