function rr { (( $# == 0 )) && print "usage: $0 command ..." && return 64 typeset tmp1=$(mktemp $0.XXXXXXXXXX) typeset tmp2=$(mktemp $0.XXXXXXXXXX) trap "rm $tmp1 $tmp2; exit 0" 0 1 2 15 while eval "$@" >$tmp2 do if ! diff $tmp1 $tmp2 then cp $tmp2 $tmp1 else print -n "." fi sleep 2 done print rm $tmp1 $tmp2 }