using System.Diagnostics;

Process.Start("xed");                  // launch a program
Process.Start("xed", "example.txt");   // launch and open a file

Process process = Process.Start("xed");
Console.WriteLine($"{process.ProcessName} (PID: {process.Id})");

Process[] chromeProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName("chrome");
Process me = Process.GetCurrentProcess();

Process process = Process.Start("xed");
bool exited = process.WaitForExit(5000);
Console.WriteLine(exited ? "Exited in time" : "Still running");

process.Kill();
process.WaitForExit();   // confirm it terminated

process.Close();          // stop tracking; process keeps running

var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
    FileName = "xed",
    Arguments = "example.txt",
    WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
};
Process.Start(startInfo);

var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
    FileName = "/bin/bash",
    Arguments = "-c \"date\"",
    UseShellExecute = false,
    RedirectStandardOutput = true,
    CreateNoWindow = true
};
Process process = Process.Start(startInfo);
string output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
process.WaitForExit();

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Running on Linux");
}