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diff --git a/man/watch.1 b/man/watch.1 index d130ef7..2007e4f 100644 --- a/man/watch.1 +++ b/man/watch.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH WATCH 1 "2023-01-16" "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.TH WATCH 1 "2023-01-17" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .SH NAME watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -13,12 +13,26 @@ allows you to watch the program output change over time. By default, \fIcommand\fR is run every 2 seconds and \fBwatch\fR will run until interrupted. .SH OPTIONS .TP +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-beep\fR +Beep if command has a non-zero exit. +.TP +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR +Interpret ANSI color and style sequences. +.TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-differences\fR[=\fIpermanent\fR] Highlight the differences between successive updates. If the optional \fIpermanent\fR argument is specified then .B watch will show all changes since the first iteration. .TP +\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-errexit\fR +Freeze updates on command error, and exit after a key press. +.TP +\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-chgexit\fR +Exit when the output of +.I command +changes. +.TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-interval\fR \fIseconds\fR Specify update interval. The command will not allow quicker than 0.1 second interval, in which the smaller values are converted. Both '.' and ',' work @@ -38,28 +52,21 @@ Try it with (if present) and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to normal mode where they continuously increase. .TP -\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-no\-title\fR -Turn off the header showing the interval, command, and current time at the -top of the display, as well as the following blank line. -.TP -\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-beep\fR -Beep if command has a non-zero exit. -.TP -\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-errexit\fR -Freeze updates on command error, and exit after a key press. -.TP -\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-chgexit\fR -Exit when the output of -.I command -changes. -.TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-equexit\fR <cycles> Exit when output of .I command does not change for the given number of cycles. .TP -\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR -Interpret ANSI color and style sequences. +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-no-rerun\fR +Do not run the program on terminal resize, the output of the program will re-appear at the next +regular run time. +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-no\-title\fR +Turn off the header showing the interval, command, and current time at the +top of the display, as well as the following blank line. +.TP +\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR +Turn off line wrapping. Long lines will be truncated instead of wrapped to the next line. .TP \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exec\fR Pass @@ -70,9 +77,6 @@ instead of .B sh \-c which reduces the need to use extra quoting to get the desired effect. .TP -\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR -Turn off line wrapping. Long lines will be truncated instead of wrapped to the next line. -.TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Display help text and exit. .TP @@ -134,7 +138,9 @@ itself. Upon terminal resize, the screen will not be correctly repainted until the next scheduled update. All .B \-\-differences -highlighting is lost on that update as well. +highlighting is lost on that update as well. When using the +.B \-\-no\-rerun +option, no output of will be visible. Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. Use \fBcat -v\fR as part of the command pipeline if you want to see them. |