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[SOLVED] frozen console apps

hi all
some times when I run CLI apps they just freeze
Examples:
doesn't work
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moc cowsay lolcat figlet
does work
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asciiquarium neofetch

any suggestions why?

Re: frozen console apps

Reply #1 –
How do you know they are frozen?
Many cli programs when you start them with no additional argument or through pipe will wait for input from atdin (from user or program)

Re: frozen console apps

Reply #2 –
Quote from: SGOrava – on
How do you know they are frozen?
Many cli programs when you start them with no additional argument or through pipe will wait for input from atdin (from user or program)
because I have experience of using them on different distros, if you look closely at the screenshot I've attached, you can see the runtime before I kill, and those are lightweight programs that should run immediately
 

Re: frozen console apps

Reply #3 –
cowsay is just waiting for input

run cowsay, write something, press ENTER and than CTRL+D
works fine for me

Re: frozen console apps

Reply #4 –
plus I believe moc is not something you wish to run with no arguments.
moc is some code generator for Qt.