On Wed, 12 May 2004, Pavel Duda wrote: > Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > > > > Please help me sir. I want to make the most out > > of my FreeBSD system. And one last thing, I know this > > might sound ignorant on my part but... could you tell > > how to run multiple programs in one log-in prompt? I > > didn't acctualy understand how virtual consoles works > > so every time I'm playing mp3 on mpg123, I will have > > to press the F keys to login to another prompt just to > > > > be able to run another program. > > > > > > Thanks a lot, > > Mark > > > > Take a look at screen ( ports/misc/screen ). Or type an ampersand "&" at the end of your mpg123 command. It will go into the background and you can go on working with your shell.
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