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Cheat sheet for launching detached screens (ie. via crontab)
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screen.sh
# Starts a detached screen and logs to a datestamped log file. '%' characters only need to be escaped if running this command via cron
screen -L -Logfile ~/my/log/path/$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d_\%H-\%M-\%S).log -dm <command>
# Execute multiple commands in a detached screen session
screen -dm /bin/bash -c "command1 | command 2"
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