bash script - nohup not displaying output on my terminal

Question

I setup my start_java.sh script as follows:

#!/bin/sh
echo "starting process"
nohup java XXX

When I run:

[root@box ~]# bash start_java.sh

it prints

starting process

However if I run

nohup java XXX

It prints:

[1] 19852

Why do I not see this when I run the bash script? I want to see

starting process

[1] 19852

If you are trying to build a startup script for some kind of daemon, you might be better off using one of the tools built for this purpose.

mdpc · Answer 1 · 2012-02-06 23:50:40Z

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Because nohup automagically redirects output to nohup.out.

answered Feb 6 at 23:50

mdpc
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	So when I run it from the command line why does it output "[1] 19852"...but not when I run it from the script? – DD. Feb 6 at 23:56
	the shell is producing that output to let you know of the backgrounded processes id. – mdpc Feb 7 at 0:07
	yes my whole point is why do I not see that when I run start_java.sh? – DD. Feb 7 at 0:11
	the output [1]... is sent to stderr which has not been captured to a file thus you lose it. – mdpc Feb 7 at 0:14
	How do I get my script to print stderr so that I can see any errors? – DD. Feb 7 at 0:17

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