Use screen instead of nohup.

Start

To start a fresh screen session:
```
$ screen
```

It is always a good idea to check the status of your sessions by means of
```
screen -list
```

All screen commands start with
```
Ctrl-a
```

Help

Full list of available command can be obtained by doing

Ctrl-a ?

Create

To Open a new screen within the screen session:
```
Ctrl-a c
```

Switch

to last accessed screen. Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
to next Ctrl-a n
to previous screens.
```
Ctrl-a p
```

Detach

To disconnect, leaving the session running in background:

Ctrl-a d.

Reattach

screen -r

Info

show all window information

Ctrl-a w

Rename

rename the current screen to a more meaningful name do a

Ctrl-a A

Screen Reference Card

Basics: 
 -ctrl a c -> create new window 
 -ctrl a A -> set window name 
 -ctrl a w -> show all window 
 -ctrl a 1|2|3|... -> switch to window n 
 -ctrl a " -> choose window 
 -ctrl a ctrl a -> switch between window
 -ctrl a d -> detach window 
 -ctrl a ? -> help 
 -ctrl a [ -> start copy, move cursor to the copy location, press ENTER, select the chars, press ENTER to copy the selected characters to the buffer 
 -ctrl a ] -> paste from buffer

How to start screen: 
 -screen -DR -> list of detached screen 
 -screen -r PID -> attach detached screen session
 -screen -dmS MySession -> start a detached screen session
 -screen -r MySession -> attach screen session with name MySession

 
Advanced: 
 -ctrl a S -> create split screen 
 -ctrl a TAB -> switch between split screens
If you created a new split screen, the current window is empty. either select an existing window (ctrl a ") or create a new split screen (ctrl a n).   
 -ctrl a Q -> Kill all regions but the current one.
 -ctrl a X -> remove active window from split screen
 -ctrl a O -> logout active window (disable output)
 -ctrl a I -> login active window (enable output)

Reference

Anything Else: Screen Howto

Screen in Shell