watch: add -r to not rexec on terminal resize
If you have the watched program doing some other thing every time its run and you resize the window, you might get unexpected results. The -r option lets you run only when the interval has expired. References: procps-ng/procps!125 procps-ng/procps#190
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@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ procps-ng-NEXT
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* vmstat: Referesh memory statistics Debian #1027963
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* w: Add --pids option merge #159
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* watch: Pass through beep issue #104
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* watch: -r option to not re-exec on SIGWINCH merge #125
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procps-ng-4.0.2
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---------------
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50
man/watch.1
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man/watch.1
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.TH WATCH 1 "2023-01-16" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
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.TH WATCH 1 "2023-01-17" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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@ -13,12 +13,26 @@ allows you to watch the program output change over time. By default,
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\fIcommand\fR is run every 2 seconds and \fBwatch\fR will run until interrupted.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-beep\fR
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Beep if command has a non-zero exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR
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Interpret ANSI color and style sequences.
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-differences\fR[=\fIpermanent\fR]
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Highlight the differences between successive updates. If the optional
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\fIpermanent\fR argument is specified then
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.B watch
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will show all changes since the first iteration.
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.TP
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\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-errexit\fR
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Freeze updates on command error, and exit after a key press.
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.TP
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-chgexit\fR
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Exit when the output of
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.I command
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changes.
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-interval\fR \fIseconds\fR
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Specify update interval. The command will not allow quicker than 0.1 second
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interval, in which the smaller values are converted. Both '.' and ',' work
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@ -38,28 +52,21 @@ Try it with
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(if present) and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to
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normal mode where they continuously increase.
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-no\-title\fR
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Turn off the header showing the interval, command, and current time at the
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top of the display, as well as the following blank line.
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.TP
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\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-beep\fR
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Beep if command has a non-zero exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-errexit\fR
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Freeze updates on command error, and exit after a key press.
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.TP
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-chgexit\fR
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Exit when the output of
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.I command
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changes.
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.TP
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\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-equexit\fR <cycles>
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Exit when output of
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.I command
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does not change for the given number of cycles.
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR
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Interpret ANSI color and style sequences.
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-no-rerun\fR
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Do not run the program on terminal resize, the output of the program will re-appear at the next
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regular run time.
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-no\-title\fR
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Turn off the header showing the interval, command, and current time at the
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top of the display, as well as the following blank line.
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
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Turn off line wrapping. Long lines will be truncated instead of wrapped to the next line.
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.TP
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\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exec\fR
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Pass
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.B sh \-c
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which reduces the need to use extra quoting to get the desired effect.
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
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Turn off line wrapping. Long lines will be truncated instead of wrapped to the next line.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Display help text and exit.
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.TP
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Upon terminal resize, the screen will not be correctly repainted until the
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next scheduled update. All
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.B \-\-differences
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highlighting is lost on that update as well.
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highlighting is lost on that update as well. When using the
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.B \-\-no\-rerun
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option, no output of will be visible.
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Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. Use \fBcat -v\fR as
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part of the command pipeline if you want to see them.
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src/watch.c
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src/watch.c
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#define WATCH_ERREXIT (1 << 6)
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#define WATCH_CHGEXIT (1 << 7)
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#define WATCH_EQUEXIT (1 << 8)
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#define WATCH_NORERUN (1 << 9)
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static int curses_started = 0;
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static long height = 24, width = 80;
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" exit when output from command does not change\n"), out);
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fputs(_(" -n, --interval <secs> seconds to wait between updates\n"), out);
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fputs(_(" -p, --precise attempt run command in precise intervals\n"), out);
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fputs(_(" -r, --no-rerun do not rerun program on window resize\n"), out);
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fputs(_(" -t, --no-title turn off header\n"), out);
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fputs(_(" -w, --no-wrap turn off line wrapping\n"), out);
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fputs(_(" -x, --exec pass command to exec instead of \"sh -c\"\n"), out);
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char *command;
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char **command_argv;
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int command_length = 0; /* not including final \0 */
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watch_usec_t last_run = 0;
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watch_usec_t next_loop; /* next loop time in us, used for precise time
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* keeping only */
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#ifdef WITH_WATCH8BIT
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{"equexit", required_argument, 0, 'q'},
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{"exec", no_argument, 0, 'x'},
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{"precise", no_argument, 0, 'p'},
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{"no-rerun", no_argument, 0, 'r'},
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{"no-title", no_argument, 0, 't'},
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{"no-wrap", no_argument, 0, 'w'},
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{"version", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
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interval = strtod_nol_or_err(interval_string, _("Could not parse interval from WATCH_INTERVAL"));
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while ((optc =
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getopt_long(argc, argv, "+bced::ghq:n:pvtwx", longopts, (int *)0))
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getopt_long(argc, argv, "+bced::ghq:n:prtwvx", longopts, (int *)0))
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!= EOF) {
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switch (optc) {
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case 'b':
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flags |= WATCH_EQUEXIT;
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max_cycles = strtod_nol_or_err(optarg, _("failed to parse argument"));
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break;
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case 'r':
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flags |= WATCH_NORERUN;
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break;
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case 't':
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show_title = 0;
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break;
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output_header(command, interval);
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#endif /* WITH_WATCH8BIT */
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if (!(flags & WATCH_NORERUN) ||
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get_time_usec() - last_run > interval * USECS_PER_SEC) {
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last_run = get_time_usec();
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int exit = run_command(command, command_argv);
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if (flags & WATCH_EQUEXIT) {
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if (cycle_count == max_cycles && exit) {
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break;
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} else if (exit) {
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break;
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}
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} else {
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refresh();
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}
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if (precise_timekeeping) {
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watch_usec_t cur_time = get_time_usec();
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