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Terminal in the output console

CLion emulates terminal in the output console to help you work with text-based user interfaces (TUI), for example, curses/ncurses applications.

Terminal in console example

Enable terminal emulation in output console

  1. Go to Run | Edit Configurations.

  2. Select the desired configuration and set the Emulate terminal in the output console checkbox:

    Enabling terminal emulation in output console

Limitations

The availability of this feature depends on the OS, debugger, and toolchain you are using. It also depends on whether there is an input redirection and whether the running process is being run with administrator rights. Find details in the tables below:

Linux

Default

Run with privileges

Redirected input

Run

+

-

-

GDB

+

+

+

LLDB

+

+

+

macOS

Default

Run with privileges

Redirected input

Run

+

-

-

LLDB

+

+

+

Windows

Default

Run with privileges

Redirected input

Run

+

-

-

GDB

-

-

-

MSVC LLDB

+

+

+

Docker, Remote, WSL toolchains

Default

Run with privileges

Redirected input

Run

+

+

-

GDB

-

-

-

Last modified: 12 September 2023