How return to prompt after execution of script that spawns a daemon?

Question

$ cat appleclue.sh 
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

source ~/.venv/appleclue/bin/activate
cd ~/applications/appleclue/appleclue-web/ 
git pull 
pip install -r requirements.txt 
python3.9 manage.py migrate --noinput 
python3.9 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
sudo service gunicorn_appleclue restart

So the last line spawns a daemon (/usr/sbin/daemon), which will keeps running. But it won't return to the shell unless I press enter another time.

Is it possible to tell my script to return to the prompt, without needing to press enter?

Answer 1

Several ways to do this. One is to add an exit code at the end of the script.

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

source ~/.venv/appleclue/bin/activate
cd ~/applications/appleclue/appleclue-web/ 
git pull 
pip install -r requirements.txt 
python3.9 manage.py migrate --noinput 
python3.9 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
sudo service gunicorn_appleclue restart
exit 0

If that is not possible, you can add an exit at the end of the command as so:

<path_to_script> && exit

Or if executing this way:

./<script> && exit