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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:07:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Josh Gilliam <soil@quick.net>
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Subject: Re: watch command?
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  Message-Id: <Mutt.19970122044556.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 04:45:56 +1100
  From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au>
  To: "Christopher H. Taylor" <freebsd@trogon.kiwi.net>
  Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
  Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
  Subject: Re: watch command?

On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, David Nugent wrote:
> 
> "Christopher H. Taylor" writes:
> > Is there a command equivalent to the Linux 'watch' command,
> > that will poll a particular command every n seconds. Such as
> > top polls system resources.

On the subject of FreeBSD equivalents; Is there anything similar to
Linux's `gpm', a mouse utility which supports copy and paste of text on
the console, or is anyone working on a port?

Josh Gilliam -- soil@quick.net