You can run an application from a Bash script and get access to the application's console (stdout and stderr) while it's running. This is often useful for monitoring the application's output in real-time. Here's how you can achieve this:
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# Start your application in the background
./your_application &
# Capture the process ID (PID) of your application
APP_PID=$!
# Continuously display the application's output (stdout and stderr)
tail -f /dev/null
# Optionally, you can add other commands or logic here
# When you're ready to stop the application, you can use:
# kill $APP_PID
```
In this script:
1. `./your_application &` starts your application in the background, and the `&` symbol is used to run it as a background process.
2. `APP_PID=$!` captures the process ID (PID) of the application.
3. `tail -f /dev/null` is used to continuously display the output of the application. By using `/dev/null` as the input file, you effectively get a real-time display of any output from the application. You can replace `/dev/null` with the path to the application's log file if applicable.
4. You can add other commands or logic after the `tail` command to perform additional tasks while the application is running.
5. To stop the application, you can use `kill $APP_PID`. This sends a termination signal to the application.
Keep in mind that this script will keep running until you manually terminate it. You can stop the script and the application by pressing Ctrl+C in the terminal.
Replace `./your_application` with the actual command or path to your application. The script will run the application in the background and continuously display its output.