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$OpenBSD: patch-watch_1,v 1.2 2009/06/04 00:18:31 jasper Exp $
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--- watch.1.orig Wed Jun 3 18:12:43 2009
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+++ watch.1 Wed Jun 3 18:15:13 2009
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@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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-.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
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+.TH GNUWATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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-watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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+gnuwatch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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-.B watch
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+.B gnuwatch
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.I [\-dhvt] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-no\-title] [\-\-version] <command>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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-.BR watch
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+.BR gnuwatch
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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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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ or
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option turns off the header showing the interval, command, and current
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time at the top of the display, as well as the following blank line.
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.PP
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-.BR watch
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+.BR gnuwatch
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will run until interrupted.
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.SH NOTE
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Note that
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@@ -42,33 +42,33 @@ Note that POSIX option processing is used (i.e., optio
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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 gnuwatch
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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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+gnuwatch \-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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+gnuwatch \-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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+gnuwatch \-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 $$
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+gnuwatch echo $$
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.IP
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-watch echo '$$'
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+gnuwatch echo '$$'
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.IP
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-watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
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+gnuwatch echo "'"'$$'"'"
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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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+gnuwatch uname -r
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.PP
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(Just kidding.)
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.SH BUGS
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@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Non-printing characters are stripped from program outp
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part of the command pipeline if you want to see them.
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.SH AUTHORS
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The original
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-.B watch
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+.B gnuwatch
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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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