We can use the screen (Manual here) facility to keep jobs running on the background in a remote server.

Starting a new screen with a name

The following creates a screen named my_screen.

screen -S my_screen

Listing all available screens

screen -ls

Will output something similar to:

There are screens on:
        455780.another_screen   (02/21/2024 07:24:46 PM)        (Detached)
        455604.my_screen        (02/21/2024 07:24:41 PM)        (Attached)
2 Sockets in /run/screen/S-mauricio.

Notice that my_screen is attached (currently active).

Detaching from a screen

You can detach a screen, and keep it running on the background, with Ctrl+A+D.

Reattaching to an existing screen

The following can be used to go back to a previously created screen named my_screen. *Note: This will detach the screen from another existing session, if any.

screen -rd my_screen

If you do not give the screen a name when creating it, you can reattach to it using its id (see the screen -ls above to find the screen id):

screen -rd 455780

Exiting (closing) a screen

You can close a screen with Ctrl+D. This will terminate the screen permanently, that is, you will not be able to reattach to it.