Bash: Split stdout from multiple concurrent commands into columns

Question

I am running multiple commands in a bash script using single ampersands like so:

commandA & commandB & commandC

They each have their ow

Answer 1

Regrettably answering my own question.

None of the supplied solutions were exactly what I was looking for. So I developed my own command line utility: multiview. Maybe others will benefit?

It works by piping processes' stdout/stderr to a command interface and then by launching a "viewer" to see their outputs in columns:

fooProcess | multiview -s & \
barProcess | multiview -s & \
bazProcess | multiview -s & \
multiview

This will display a neatly organized column view of their outputs. You can name each process as well by adding a string after the -s flag:

fooProcess | multiview -s "foo" & \
barProcess | multiview -s "bar" & \
bazProcess | multiview -s "baz" & \
multiview

There are a few other options, but thats the gist of it.

Hope this helps!