3 ms·

FYI, next time try `watch -n 5 <cmd>`

• MisterTea 1y ago
  What benefit does running another program offer when the program running the command (shell) already provides that functionality?
  • RunningDroid 1y ago
    Watch also clears the terminal between runs
    • inanutshellus 1y ago
      I guess that'd be a detractor, as he wouldn't've been able to make his post showing his results over time. I'd've said the benefit is that it's simply a concise single command instead of a "while true" loop and a "sleep 5" command.
  • fc417fc802 1y ago
    That logic seems to apply to quite a few basic utilities. For that matter, the shell is turing complete so ...