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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How can I launch a program from a bash XTerm and run a while loop at the same time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to launch Oobabooga Textgen WebUI from the command line with its serial output. I also want to run a while loop that retrieves the Nvidia GPU memory available and temperature for display on the header bar with a 5 second sleep delay. How do I run both of those at the same time?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

as already mentioned, ampersand allows you to "background" a task. but if you'd like the output from your program alongside the loop monitoring system info, consider using a terminal multiplexer like tmux.

on the terminal, this will let you open a "split screen" pane with another shell. you can use hotkeys to create, destroy, or move between views.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Or something like tee