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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 109 points 8 months ago (4 children)

watch -n 1 date

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I was going to post exactly that, lol

[–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

nice

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, that's a specific number.

[–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

69 -> nice.

I referenced an overused, childish joke.

[–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what does it do?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

man watch

Nice command! Thanks!

edit: md

[–] simpleslipeagle@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

-d if you're feeling sporty.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If we're adding dramatic flourish, I'll suggest watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'