Batch program in Xwindows

[Ray_GTI-R]

Hi.
I want to write a batch program to stress the CPU for temperature checking (using an IR gun) that does something like this in an xwindows terminal window (to keep things simple):-
Calculate 22 divided by 7 to e.g, 10 places then display the result then do it again x times where x can be modified by editing the batch program.
I would prefer a simple loop that 61-year-old kids like me can follow:-

for n=1 to x
22 /7 (display the result to 10 places in the terminal window)
next n

Any ideas?

[abishur]

You could use a while loop and never have the condition fulfilled such that you have to ctrl+c to end it after your tests

[Ray_GTI-R]

Can you give me an xwindows terminal code example where the result is calculated to e.g., 10 decimal places?

TIA, Ray

[abishur]

I'll give it some thought. The more I consider it, I'm not sure if running such a loop would tax the processor as much as you'd like. Just having the gui up at all seems to tax it a fair deal... you might be better off writing a script to refresh a simple webpage every x seconds and tax it a lot more!

[andyl]

I'll give it some thought. The more I consider it, I'm not sure if running such a loop would tax the processor as much as you'd like. Just having the gui up at all seems to tax it a fair deal... you might be better off writing a script to refresh a simple webpage every x seconds and tax it a lot more!

There is a debian package called cpuburn which is specifically designed for stress-testing the cpu.