Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast?
by Infernal on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:10AM
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On my quad-core MacBook, I've used "yes" in four different terminals as a way to quickly test a 100% CPU load.
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast?
by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:15PM
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Yes (so to speak), you can also do 'yes &' multiple times to create lots of background load (and then 'pkill yes' before anything melts...)