Tip: How to Use watch Command

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I have never known that there is a command in Linux called watch. Basically, watch runs a program in a period of time, and displaying the output in real time.

watch command syntax is very simple. One typical use of the command watch is running it with traceroute. This is one example:

watch 'traceroute google.com'

This will run the traceroute command, display the output and when it is done, it repeats the process again.

Here a couple more examples of the watch command:

watch -n 10 free -m

This command will run the command free in ten-second intervals, and display the output.

watch -n 3 'cat /proc/interrupts'

This command will display the interrupts in 3-second intervals.

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