screen command

$ screen
$ commands-here
(ctrl-a then ctrl-d) to detach
$ screen -r -ls (list screen session)
$ screen -r (to reattach to running screen session)

screen can be used to replace nohup

if you get error Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/1' - please check.
it is because you su to other user.

Try

sudo su - someuser
script /dev/null
screen