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* [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/1:watch watch's man page]
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 23 April 2014

watch is a command that allows you to execute another command in a specified interval and display the results.

As an example, to watch the size of a file test in 1 second intervals:

watch --interval=1 "du -h test"

Stop watch using the key combination CTRL_C

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