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FYI, you can make it shorter by using sleep in while's condition, no need for while true. It does delay the first output though. while sleep 1; do date; done |

• _joel 9y ago
  thanks for the tip, old habits die hard :)
• rounce 9y ago
  Doesn't the difference lie in whether you want to run the command then sleep, or sleep first and then run the command?
  • namanyayg 9y ago
    > "It does delay the first output though"
    • dazmax 9y ago
      Could also do `while date;do sleep 1;done`
    • rounce 9y ago
      Yes, I was on about the reason for the delay.
• jjwiseman 9y ago
  If you want short while :...
• AdamJacobMuller 9y ago
  that's clever, i've never thought of it, interesting considering how many while true;do ...;sleep X;done loops i've done