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I watched the development of the watch command and didn't understand what it was about. Now I tried it and still don't understand what the command is for.
In a normal 3 line bash loop I can make a comparison, evaluate the result and output it formatted as a message. Great.
With the Watch command I can only see the difference. What is this? What are the advantages?
This is a very polite question because I really don't understand it. :-)
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Also not a criticism, and I also dont feel that understand it in full so feel free to argue if you think I have misunderstanding in how it works.
With a 3 line bash loop you can also evaluate a command, make a comparison and output it formatted as a message. Why bother using the watch command?
My answer would be that it would be used so frequently that it would be good to have a dedicated program to do this job and get the job done easier and quicker.
To stick to the truth: You are talking about the Linux watch command?
I had never heard about the Linux watch command before. Interesting command, but I've never missed anything like it. I always do my comparisons manually, which gives me more control.
If many people use it again and again, then it makes sense to implement it. Now I have understood the intention.
Maybe you can show a good example in the documentation so that it is easier to understand the intention. 👍
Hello.
I watched the development of the watch command and didn't understand what it was about. Now I tried it and still don't understand what the command is for.
In a normal 3 line bash loop I can make a comparison, evaluate the result and output it formatted as a message. Great.
With the Watch command I can only see the difference. What is this? What are the advantages?
This is a very polite question because I really don't understand it. :-)
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: