Manual pages fixes

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Authors: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>, Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
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Jan Görig
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.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
.TH WATCH 1 "2009 May 11" " " "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B watch
.I [\-dhvt] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-no\-title] [\-\-version] <command>
.RB [ \-dhvt ]
.RB [ \-n
.IR seconds ]
.RB [ \-\-differences[=\fIcumulative\fP]]
.RB [ \-\-help ]
.RB [ \-\-interval=\fIseconds\fP]
.RB [ \-\-no\-title ]
.RB [ \-\-version ]
.I command
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR watch
.B watch
runs
.I command
repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to
watch the program output change over time. By default, the program is run
every 2 seconds; use
.I -n
.B \-n
or
.I --interval
.B \-\-interval
to specify a different interval.
.PP
The
.I -d
.B \-d
or
.I --differences
flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. The
.I --cumulative
option makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
.B \-\-differences
flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. Using
.B \-\-differences=\fIcumulative\fP
makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
positions that have ever changed. The
.I -t
.B \-t
or
.I --no-title
.B \-\-no\-title
option turns off the header showing the interval, command, and current
time at the top of the display, as well as the following blank line.
.PP
.BR watch
.B watch
will run until interrupted.
.SH NOTE
Note that
.I command
is given to "sh -c"
is given to "sh \-c"
which means that you may need to use extra quoting to get the desired effect.
.PP
Note that POSIX option processing is used (i.e., option processing stops at
the first non-option argument). This means that flags after
the first non\-option argument). This means that flags after
.I command
don't get interpreted by
.BR watch
@@ -61,20 +70,20 @@ watch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
To see the effects of quoting, try these out
.IP
watch echo $$
.IP
.br
watch echo '$$'
.IP
.br
watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
.PP
You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with
.IP
watch uname -r
watch uname \-r
.PP
(Just kidding.)
.SH BUGS
Upon terminal resize, the screen will not be correctly repainted until the
next scheduled update. All
.I --differences
.B \-\-differences
highlighting is lost on that update as well.
.PP
Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. Use "cat -v" as