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Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...) (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 110 points 8 months ago (4 children)

watch -n 1 date

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I was going to post exactly that, lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

nice

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, that's a specific number.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

69 -> nice.

I referenced an overused, childish joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

it used for cpu cores

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what does it do?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

tysm!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

man watch

Nice command! Thanks!

edit: md

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

-d if you're feeling sporty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If we're adding dramatic flourish, I'll suggest watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'