Run `yt-dlp` in the background wo having to keep the terminal open

yt-dlp nohup bg disown

Source

• https://smcleod.net/2018/07/run-youtube-dl-or-similar-in-the-background/

• prefix the command with nohup

nohup yt-dlp [OPTIONS] URL & disown
# now you can logout of the terminal and the download will still continue

• progress can be viewed by tailing nohup.out

tail -f nohup.out