--- watch.1.orig Sun Feb 9 08:05:25 2003 +++ watch.1 Fri Jun 3 23:44:46 2005 @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ .TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual" .SH NAME -watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen +gnu-watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen .SH SYNOPSIS -.B watch +.B gnu-watch .I [\-dhvt] [\-n ] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=] [\-\-no\-title] [\-\-version] .SH DESCRIPTION -.BR watch +.BR gnu-watch runs .I command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ option turns off the header showing the interval, command, and current time at the top of the display, as well as the following blank line. .PP -.BR watch +.BR gnu-watch will run until interrupted. .SH NOTE Note that @@ -42,33 +42,33 @@ the first non-option argument). This means that flags after .I command don't get interpreted by -.BR watch +.BR gnu-watch itself. .SH EXAMPLES .PP To watch for mail, you might do .IP -watch \-n 60 from +gnu-watch \-n 60 from .PP To watch the contents of a directory change, you could use .IP -watch \-d ls \-l +gnu-watch \-d ls \-l .PP If you're only interested in files owned by user joe, you might use .IP -watch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe' +gnu-watch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe' .PP To see the effects of quoting, try these out .IP -watch echo $$ +gnu-watch echo $$ .IP -watch echo '$$' +gnu-watch echo '$$' .IP -watch echo "'"'$$'"'" +gnu-watch echo "'"'$$'"'" .PP You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with .IP -watch uname -r +gnu-watch uname -r .PP (Just kidding.) .SH BUGS @@ -84,4 +84,5 @@ .B watch was written by Tony Rems in 1991, with mods and corrections by Francois Pinard. It was reworked and new features added by -Mike Coleman in 1999. +Mike Coleman in 1999. In 2005 it was modified for FreeBSD by +Emanuel Haupt .