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From: Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk>
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To: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au>
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        Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: watch or monitor program?
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Andrew Perry wrote:

> > 
> > So what exactly does it "display" when it "displays w" (content, file-attribs,
> > ..) ???
> 
> it clears the screen and gives me the output of w (you know, who's logged
> in and what are they doing) and then it refreshes the display every 2
> seconds (by default, you can change it to whatever you like)
> 

as in
while true
do
  clear
  w
  sleep 2
done


Leif Neland
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