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Re: Capturing output from a "moving" system callby saberworks (Curate) |
on Sep 24, 2009 at 20:01 UTC ( [id://797294]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
If you just need the info from top, for example, you can just run top in logging mode with a single sample: top -l 1 Most command line tools like top and ping can just do whatever it is then exit, you don't necessarily have to use them in interactive mode.
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