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							| @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | ||||
| .TH WATCH 1 "2020-10-19" "procps-ng" "User Commands" | ||||
| .TH WATCH 1 "2020-12-06" "procps-ng" "User Commands" | ||||
| .SH NAME | ||||
| watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen | ||||
| .SH SYNOPSIS | ||||
| @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ allows you to watch the program output change over time.  By default, | ||||
| \fIcommand\fR is run every 2 seconds and \fBwatch\fR will run until interrupted. | ||||
| .SH OPTIONS | ||||
| .TP | ||||
| .BR \-d ", " \-\-differences [ =permanent ] | ||||
| \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-differences\fR[=\fIpermanent\fR] | ||||
| Highlight the differences between successive updates. If the optional | ||||
| \fB=permanent\fR argument is specified then | ||||
| \fIpermanent\fR argument is specified then | ||||
| .B watch | ||||
| will show all changes since the first iteration. | ||||
| .TP | ||||
| @@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ Make | ||||
| attempt to run | ||||
| .I command | ||||
| every | ||||
| .I interval | ||||
| seconds. Try it with | ||||
| .B \-\-interval | ||||
| .IR seconds . | ||||
| Try it with | ||||
| .B ntptime | ||||
| (if present) and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to | ||||
| normal mode where they continuously increase. | ||||
| @@ -136,24 +137,25 @@ last column on the screen may display one column early, or they may not | ||||
| display at all. | ||||
|  | ||||
| Combining Characters never count as different in | ||||
| .I \-\-differences | ||||
| .B \-\-differences | ||||
| mode.  Only the base character counts. | ||||
|  | ||||
| Blank lines directly after a line which ends in the last column do not | ||||
| display. | ||||
|  | ||||
| .I \-\-precise | ||||
| .B \-\-precise | ||||
| mode doesn't yet have advanced temporal distortion technology to compensate | ||||
| for a | ||||
| .I command | ||||
| that takes more than | ||||
| .I interval | ||||
| seconds to execute. | ||||
| .B \-\-interval | ||||
| .I seconds | ||||
| to execute. | ||||
| .B watch | ||||
| also can get into a state where it rapid-fires as many executions of | ||||
| .I command | ||||
| as it can to catch up from a previous executions running longer than | ||||
| .I interval | ||||
| .B \-\-interval | ||||
| (for example, | ||||
| .B netstat | ||||
| taking ages on a DNS lookup). | ||||
| @@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ watch echo '$$' | ||||
| watch echo "'"'$$'"'" | ||||
| .PP | ||||
| To see the effect of precision time keeping, try adding | ||||
| .I \-p | ||||
| .B \-p | ||||
| to | ||||
| .IP | ||||
| watch \-n 10 sleep 1 | ||||
| @@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with | ||||
| watch uname \-r | ||||
| .PP | ||||
| (Note that | ||||
| .I \-p | ||||
| .B \-p | ||||
| isn't guaranteed to work across reboots, especially in the face of | ||||
| .B ntpdate | ||||
| (if present) or other bootup time-changing mechanisms) | ||||
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