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(-)cmdwatch/files/patch-cmdwatch.1 (+81 lines)
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--- cmdwatch.1.orig	2000-11-07 14:59:25.000000000 +0100
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+++ cmdwatch.1	2008-08-10 18:32:33.000000000 +0200
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-.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
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+.TH CMDWATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " " "
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 .SH NAME
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-watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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+cmdwatch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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 .SH SYNOPSIS
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-.B watch
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+.B cmdwatch
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 .I [\-dhv] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-version] <command>
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 .SH DESCRIPTION
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-.BR watch
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+.BR cmdwatch
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 runs
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 .I command
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 repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull).  This allows you to
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 The 
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 .I -d or --differences
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 flag will highlight the differences between successive updates.  The 
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-.I --cumulative
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+.I --differences=cumulative
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 option makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
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 positions that have ever changed.
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 .PP
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-.BR watch
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+.BR cmdwatch
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 will run until interrupted.
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 .SH NOTE
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 Note that
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 the first non-option argument).  This means that flags after
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 .I command
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 don't get interpreted by
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-.BR watch
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+.BR cmdwatch
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 itself.
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 .SH EXAMPLES
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 .PP
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 To watch for mail, you might do
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 .IP
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-watch \-n 60 from
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+cmdwatch \-n 60 from
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 .PP
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 To watch the contents of a directory change, you could use
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 .IP
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-watch \-d ls \-l
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+cmdwatch \-d ls \-l
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 .PP
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 If you're only interested in files owned by user joe, you might use 
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 .IP
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-watch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
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+cmdwatch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
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 .PP
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 To see the effects of quoting, try these out
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 .IP
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-watch echo $$
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+cmdwatch echo $$
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 .IP
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-watch echo '$$'
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+cmdwatch echo '$$'
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 .IP
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-watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
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+cmdwatch echo "'"'$$'"'"
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 .PP
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 You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with
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 .IP
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-watch uname -r
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+cmdwatch uname -r
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 .PP
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 (Just kidding.)
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 .SH BUGS
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 .B watch
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 was written by Tony Rems <rembo@unisoft.com> in 1991, with mods and
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 corrections by Francois Pinard.  It was reworked and new features added by
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-Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999.
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+Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999. This man page based on the watch man
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+page of the Linux User's Manual.
(-)cmdwatch/files/patch-cmdwatch.c (+11 lines)
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--- cmdwatch.c.orig	2008-08-10 18:08:06.000000000 +0200
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+++ cmdwatch.c	2008-08-10 18:09:24.000000000 +0200
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     { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
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   };
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-char usage[] = "Usage: %s [-dhnv] [--differences[=cumulative]] [--help] [--interval=<n>] [--version] <command>\n";
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+char usage[] = "Usage: %s [-dhv] [-n <seconds>] [--differences[=cumulative]] [--help] [--interval=<n>] [--version] <command>\n";
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 static char *progname;

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