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- Bump PORTREVISION PR: 126087 Submitted by: Dmitry <dgutaev at mail dot ru> Patch by: Beat Gaetzi <beat at chruetertee dot ch> Approved by: maintainer timeout
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--- cmdwatch.1.orig 2000-11-07 14:59:25.000000000 +0100
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+++ cmdwatch.1 2008-08-10 18:32:33.000000000 +0200
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-.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
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+.TH CMDWATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " " "
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.SH NAME
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-watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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+cmdwatch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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-.B watch
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+.B cmdwatch
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.I [\-dhv] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-version] <command>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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-.BR watch
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+.BR cmdwatch
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runs
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.I command
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repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to
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The
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.I -d or --differences
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flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. The
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-.I --cumulative
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+.I --differences=cumulative
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option makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
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positions that have ever changed.
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.PP
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-.BR watch
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+.BR cmdwatch
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will run until interrupted.
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.SH NOTE
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Note that
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the first non-option argument). This means that flags after
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.I command
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don't get interpreted by
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-.BR watch
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+.BR cmdwatch
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itself.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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To watch for mail, you might do
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.IP
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-watch \-n 60 from
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+cmdwatch \-n 60 from
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.PP
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To watch the contents of a directory change, you could use
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.IP
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-watch \-d ls \-l
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+cmdwatch \-d ls \-l
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.PP
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If you're only interested in files owned by user joe, you might use
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.IP
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-watch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
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+cmdwatch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
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.PP
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To see the effects of quoting, try these out
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.IP
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-watch echo $$
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+cmdwatch echo $$
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.IP
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-watch echo '$$'
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+cmdwatch echo '$$'
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.IP
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-watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
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+cmdwatch echo "'"'$$'"'"
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.PP
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You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with
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.IP
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-watch uname -r
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+cmdwatch uname -r
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.PP
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(Just kidding.)
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.SH BUGS
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.B watch
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was written by Tony Rems <rembo@unisoft.com> in 1991, with mods and
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corrections by Francois Pinard. It was reworked and new features added by
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-Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999.
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+Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999. This man page based on the watch man
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+page of the Linux User's Manual.
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