Running a program in the background how ???

linuxmarble · 09-05-2014, 12:55 PM

Good Day

So how would I run Amarok in the background ,, using this command ??? ogg123 *.ogg >/dev/null 2>music_err &

I tried it and it did not work ,,, this is how i ran the command

Amarok *.flv >/dev/null 2>music_err & did not work

keefaz · 09-05-2014, 04:14 PM

What did not work exactly?

ondoho · 09-06-2014, 07:29 PM

it doesn't work that way.
amarok is a gui application.
if you want to run some media without any interface, try mplayer.
btw, the *.ogg or *.flv (variable expansion) might not work with some players.
you might have to use a bash oneliner like this:

Code:

for i in *ogg ; do ogg123 "$i" ; done

that would run all ogg files in the directory one after the other.

linuxmarble · 09-07-2014, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

it doesn't work that way.
amarok is a gui application.
if you want to run some media without any interface, try mplayer.
btw, the *.ogg or *.flv (variable expansion) might not work with some players.
you might have to use a bash oneliner like this:

Code:

for i in *ogg ; do ogg123 "$i" ; done

that would run all ogg files in the directory one after the other.

Thanks for both of u

I will try it and give an update

many thanks