watch -n 1 date
I was going to post exactly that, lol
nice
No, that’s a specific number.
what
69 -> nice.
I referenced an overused, childish joke.
it used for cpu cores
Same
what does it do?
it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c
tysm!
-d if you’re feeling sporty.
If we’re adding dramatic flourish, I’ll suggest
watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'
tysm
Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)
AHHHH “Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that’s about some kind of war up in the stars…” lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.
i try to understand that…
Yep, that’s what I use as well… in Windows I mean.
thanks
while :; do date; sleep 1; done
watch -n1 date
none
thanks this is more like c syntax tho its bash im learning c btw :3