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Picture Pig @lemmy.world

2y ago

Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...)

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watch -n 1 date
- I was going to post exactly that, lol
  
  nice
- what does it do?
  
  it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c
- -d if you're feeling sporty.
  
  If we're adding dramatic flourish, I'll suggest watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'
- man watch
  Nice command! Thanks!
  edit: md
while :; do date; sleep 1; done
- sh
  
  watch -n1 date
  
  none
- thanks this is more like c syntax tho its bash im learning c btw :3
  
  it's posix shell, also it produces an output similar to your post unlike watch, which everyone is rushing to point out as if it were the ultimate superninja haxxor secret tool that nobody knows about :DDD
Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)
- AHHHH "Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that's about some kind of war up in the stars.." lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.
  
  i try to understand that...
- Yep, that's what I use as well... in Windows I mean.
- thanks

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