I'm trying to automate the process of creating new posts for my Hugo website using a script. The script includes a step that runs `hugo serve` to preview changes in my site. My plan was to check the site in Firefox, and then return to the terminal to continue with the script, executing `hugo` and syncing changes to the server. However, when I run `hugo serve`, it takes control of the terminal, and if I try to exit using Ctrl+C, it also terminates the entire script. Is there a way to run `hugo serve` and then return to my script? Here's the relevant part of my script:
`echo "Move to next step [Y] or exit [q]?"`
`read -r editing_finished`
`if [ $editing_finished = q ]; then`
`exit`
`elif [ $editing_finished = Y ]; then`
`# Step 6 Run hugo serve`
`cd ../../../`
`hugo serve & firefox http://localhost:1313/`
`fi`
3 Answers
You should check if `hugo serve` really takes over the terminal. By appending `&` to your command like this: `hugo serve & firefox http://localhost:1313/`, it will let the Hugo server run in the background while Firefox takes control of the input. To make sure you're not cluttering your terminal with Hugo's output, redirect it using `> /dev/null`. Moreover, you can execute `hugo serve & hugo_pid="$!"` which saves the process ID and allows you to kill the server later in your script when you're ready to stop it.
Have you thought about opening a new terminal for Hugo? That way, you can run your script in the main terminal without any conflicts.
Instead of using `cd` in your script, always consider using the full path to your Hugo directory. For instance, replace `cd ../../../../` with something like `/path/to/hugo serve` to avoid any potential issues.
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