#!/bin/sh [ $# -eq 1 ] && echo "usage: $0 command ..." && exit 64 tmp1=$(mktemp $0.XXXXXXXXXX) tmp2=$(mktemp $0.XXXXXXXXXX) trap "rm $tmp1 $tmp2; exit 0" 1 2 15 while "$@" >$tmp2 do if ! diff $tmp1 $tmp2 then cp $tmp2 $tmp1 else echo -n "." fi sleep 2 done rm $tmp1 $tmp2