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Execute program periodically, showing output fullscreen. A free counterpart to GNU watch.

• Download: watch-2.1.tar.gz [4KB] - MD5
• OpenBSD port: watch-port.tar.gz
• Browse CVS: src/watch

NAME
     watch - execute program periodically, showing output fullscreen

SYNOPSIS
     watch [-tv] [-n time] [command]

DESCRIPTION
     The watch utility runs a command repeatedly and displays its output
     fullscreen.  This allow you to watch an output of the command as it
     changes.  If the command is absent, watch will prompt for it.

     The options are as follows:

     -n time
             Set delay between screen updates in seconds.  The default value
             is 2 seconds.

     -t      Disable output of the title bar.

     -v      Display version and terminate.

     Watch will terminate with the keyboard interrupt (`^C')

EXAMPLE
     watch -n 1 ps

HISTORY
     The original watch was written by Tony Rems  in 1991,
     with mods and corrections by Francois Pinard.  It was rewritten completly
     from scratch by Dimitri Sokolyuk  in 2003.