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I want to make a program that will display dynamic data in the way the "top" command does but, I haven't been able to find out how to make the command line interface work. Does anyone know of some resources for building that type of interface?

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    Use [ncurses](https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html) – Ipor Sircer Oct 24 '17 at 02:35
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    To expand on @IporSircer's comment: `top` is what is called a *character cell* or full-screen application. Character cell application are sort-of halfway between command-line applications (which consume and produce text) and graphical applications (which use a bitmapped display). In UNIX-like operating systems, such full screen / character cell applications (for example, the editor `vim`, the web browser `lynx`, the file manager `mc` or the package management tool `aptitude`) are built using libraries named `curses` (the old original) or `ncurses` (the less old reimplementation). – AlexP Oct 24 '17 at 02:42
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    @AlexP, please post that as an answer; it's useful and informative. – Wildcard Oct 24 '17 at 03:06
  • Use `select(2)` to wait for keyboard input or timeout https://linux.die.net/man/2/select – hschou Oct 24 '17 at 05:11

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