rePTYr - Re-parent a running process to a new TTY

[Edvard]

This one's going to be fun...

reptyr - A tool for "re-ptying" programs.
reptyr is a utility for taking an existing running program and attaching it to a new terminal. Started a long-running process over ssh, but have to leave and don't want to interrupt it? Just start a screen, use reptyr to grab it, and then kill the ssh session and head on home.

Home page: https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr


Blog post: https://blog.nelhage.com/2011/02/changing-ctty/

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[ewemoa]

That sounds pretty handy!  Thanks for sharing

[ewemoa]

Just tried it with some success.

Remember those times when somehow you can't get back to your X session, but there's something running in a terminal you'd like to interact with or see?  Looks like this could work -- a quick test suggests it might work sometimes.

On a side-note, AFAICT, this is Linux-only.