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Terminal command to increase cpu load
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JohnCoffee
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Feb 24, 2014, 04:59 PM
 
I'm looking for a terminal command to increase the load of my CPU in order to check my battery.
In the past I've used to type the command /dev/null into terminal a couple of times as a process, but this doesn't seem to work any longer

Any hint?
     
JohnCoffee  (op)
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Feb 24, 2014, 05:04 PM
 
got it.

it is 'yes >/dev/null'

Now 100%.
     
   
 
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