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docs: Reword --exec option in watch.1 _____ (catch up)

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The manual page for watch for the exec option was confusing and
backwards. Hopefully this one makes more sense.

References:
 procps-ng/procps#75

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
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Jim Warner 2018-04-11 00:00:00 -05:00 committed by Craig Small
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.TH WATCH 1 "2016-06-03" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .TH WATCH 1 "2018-03-03" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME .SH NAME
watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
.SH SYNOPSIS .SH SYNOPSIS
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Interpret ANSI color and style sequences. Interpret ANSI color and style sequences.
.TP .TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exec\fR \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exec\fR
Pass
.I command .I command
is given to to
.B sh \-c
which means that you may need to use extra quoting to get the desired effect.
This with the \-\-exec option, which passes the command to
.BR exec (2) .BR exec (2)
instead. instead of
.B sh \-c
which reduces the need to use extra quoting to get the desired effect.
.TP .TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help text and exit. Display help text and exit.