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--- cmdwatch.1.orig 2000-11-07 14:59:25.000000000 +0100
+++ cmdwatch.1 2008-08-10 18:32:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
+.TH CMDWATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " " "
.SH NAME
-watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
+cmdwatch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B watch
+.B cmdwatch
.I [\-dhv] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-version] <command>
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.BR watch
+.BR cmdwatch
runs
.I command
repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
The
.I -d or --differences
flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. The
-.I --cumulative
+.I --differences=cumulative
option makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
positions that have ever changed.
.PP
-.BR watch
+.BR cmdwatch
will run until interrupted.
.SH NOTE
Note that
@@ -33,33 +33,33 @@
the first non-option argument). This means that flags after
.I command
don't get interpreted by
-.BR watch
+.BR cmdwatch
itself.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
To watch for mail, you might do
.IP
-watch \-n 60 from
+cmdwatch \-n 60 from
.PP
To watch the contents of a directory change, you could use
.IP
-watch \-d ls \-l
+cmdwatch \-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'
+cmdwatch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
.PP
To see the effects of quoting, try these out
.IP
-watch echo $$
+cmdwatch echo $$
.IP
-watch echo '$$'
+cmdwatch echo '$$'
.IP
-watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
+cmdwatch echo "'"'$$'"'"
.PP
You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with
.IP
-watch uname -r
+cmdwatch uname -r
.PP
(Just kidding.)
.SH BUGS
@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@
.B watch
was written by Tony Rems <rembo@unisoft.com> in 1991, with mods and
corrections by Francois Pinard. It was reworked and new features added by
-Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999.
+Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999. This man page based on the watch man
+page of the Linux User's Manual.
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