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[Linux] How to automatically start a program after boot

Go to /etc/init.d

Create a startup script called “SCRIPT_NAME” like :

#!/bin/bash
# /etc/init.d/SCRIPT_NAME

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          SCRIPT_NAME
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Example initscript
# Description:       This service is used to manage SCRIPT_NAME
### END INIT INFO


case "$1" in 
    start)
        echo "Starting SCRIPT_NAME"
        /path/to/SCRIPT_NAME
        ;;
    stop)
        echo "Stopping SCRIPT_NAME"
        killall SCRIPT_NAME
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/SCRIPT_NAME start|stop"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0

Make the script executable

sudo chmod chmod 755 /etc/init.d/SCRIPT_NAME

Add it to the list of script to start :

sudo update-rc.d SCRIPT_NAME defaults

Manual start :

sudo /etc/init.d/SCRIPT_NAME start

Manual Stop :

sudo /etc/init.d/SCRIPT_NAME stop

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