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while 1; do ls; sleep 5; done

• jcsalterego 16y ago
  Closer to watch - while 1; do datetime; ls; sleep 2; done
  • fragmede 16y ago
    I used to do: while true; do date; ls; sleep 2; clear; done but got tired of it and searched apt for watch. apt-get install procps
  • fragmede 16y ago
    I used to do: while true; do date; ls; sleep 2; clear; done but got tired of that and installed procps via apt.
• drats 16y ago
  Watch has a nice difference flag, so that whatever is different from the last iteration is highlighted. As in: watch -d sudo netstat -tnp
• tedunangst 16y ago
  1: command not found
  • erikano 16y ago
    try this instead: while true; do ls; sleep 5; done