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author | John Ankarström <john@ankarstrom.se> | 2021-07-22 11:26:23 +0200 |
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committer | John Ankarström <john@ankarstrom.se> | 2021-07-22 11:30:09 +0200 |
commit | 46345060aa9414aad838acad2af11176fa094891 (patch) | |
tree | 38d9e86cb16102fd1b04aa34be3d959546c99076 /watch.1 | |
parent | 94f90dc4f48ee7f6bc1aa3a1116f20b714df89c9 (diff) | |
download | when-46345060aa9414aad838acad2af11176fa094891.tar.gz |
Rename to when
This is to resolve the name conflict with another program called
watch, which is for watching command output.
Diffstat (limited to 'watch.1')
-rw-r--r-- | watch.1 | 51 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/watch.1 b/watch.1 deleted file mode 100644 index a609547..0000000 --- a/watch.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -.Dd $Mdocdate$ -.Dt WATCH 1 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm watch -.Nd a simple file watcher -. -.Sh SYNPOSIS -.Nm watch -.Op Fl i -.Ar file ... -. -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Pp -.Nm watch -is a simple program that watches any given -.Ar file -for changes. -When the file changes, its name (as specified in the arguments to -.Nm watch ) -is printed on standard output. -.Pp -If the -.Fl i -argument is provided, an initial such line is printed when the program -starts, before beginning to watch for changes. -. -.Sh ERRORS -.Pp -If one of the watched files is deleted, a message is printed on standard -error and the program exits with error code 1. -.Pp -If a file is renamed, a notice is printed on standard error, but the -program keeps running. -.\" -.Sh EXAMPLES -.Bd -literal -offset indent -$ watch *.ms | while read file; do - make ${file%.ms}.pdf && kill -9 mupdf -done -.Ed -.Bd -literal -offset indent -$ alias each='xargs -L0 -I {}' -$ watch -i * | each cp {} /mnt/usb/ -.Ed -. -.Sh AUTHORS -.Pp -.Nm watch -is written by -.An John Ankarström Aq Mt "john (at) ankarstrom.se" . |