Mathematica
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Linux
Here's how to run in an external process a mathematica batch file in *nix systems. First, make sure you save the mathematica notebook file as special-->text.
> nohup nice math -noprompt -run "<<filecommand.m" > output.out &
You'll receive a process id. You can check the processes that you ran by using the command
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