nohup for loop output naming

Question

I use for loop to use specific tool with the set of files:

nohup sh -c 'for i in ~/files/*txt; do ID=`echo ${i} | sed 's/^.*\///'`; ./tool $i &&
mv output ${ID}.out; done' &

This tool has specific naming for outputted files and I want to rename the output as it would be overwritten and it is simpler for me.
However this specific mv doesn't work with nohup - files are not renamed individually and get overwritten.

How can I solve this problem.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '13 at 07:15

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Why the complicated nohup dance, and not just

for i in ~/files/*.txt; do
    ./tool $i && mv output `basename $i`.out
done

answered Feb 19 '13 at 07:15

nneonneo

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I need `nohup` and `&` to run it on the server when I `exit`. – pogibas Feb 19 '13 at 07:16
Have you tried `screen`? It's usually a lot less fragile than trying to `nohup` stuff. – nneonneo Feb 19 '13 at 07:17
and why `nohup` and `&` at same time ? – Zulu Feb 19 '13 at 07:17

nohup for loop output naming

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