WATCH(1) - General Commands Manual # NAME **watch** - execute program periodically, showing output fullscreen # SYNOPSIS **watch** \[**-tv**] \[**-n** *time*] \[*command*] # DESCRIPTION The **watch** utility runs a *command* repeatedly and displays its output fullscreen. This allow you to watch an output of the *command* as it changes. If the *command* is absent, **watch** will prompt for it. The options are as follows: **-n** *time* > Set delay between screen updates in seconds. > The default value is 2 seconds. **-t** > Disable output of the title bar. **-h** > Display usage and terminate. **Watch** will terminate with the keyboard interrupt ('^C') # EXAMPLE **watch** \-n 1 ps # HISTORY The original **watch** was written by Tony Rems <rembo@unisoft.com> in 1991, with mods and corrections by Francois Pinard. It was rewritten completly from scratch by Dimitri Sokolyuk <demon@dim13.org> in 2003. OpenBSD 6.5 - December 25, 2004