title: Run a cron job now
body: <p>I have a shell script called <code>import.sh</code> . This script will be used only once and will run for atleast <code>2</code> days.</p>
  
  <p>I am able to schedule a <code>cronjob</code> like below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>02 10 25 7 * while IFS=',' read a;do /home/$USER/import.sh $a;done &lt; /home/$USER/input/xaa
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  <p><code>input.sh</code> is the shell script</p>
  
  <p><code>xaa</code> is the file that contains arguments.</p>
  
  <p>Now I want to run this script now. </p>
  
  <p>I have tried <code>./import.sh xaa</code> and <code>sh -x import.sh xaa</code> but If I run them in a terminal then I have to leave the terminal open for the time the script runs which might take more than <code>2</code> days.</p>
  
  <p>How can I schedule the job to run now and terminate as soon as it finishes.</p>