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Comment by qbasic_forever

You might like systemd's run command, it's a hidden little gem that basically does what your tool does--it turns some CLI params into a transient service file: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-run...

I dunno if this was a more recent addition to systemd, but it's pretty slick in my limited use. I use it for exactly the scenarios you mention, like quickly spinning up some local user services during development. It can do stuff like setup a listening socket, timer (cron) or file watcher service all from the CLI too.

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