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September 14, 2018 14:52
— forked from flagranterror/gist:3852795
'Watch' command as a bash script.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # This script *should* work on *nix and Windows, but was designed specifically for git-bash on Windows, to fill the watch gap. | |
| clear | |
| if [ "$#" -gt "2" ] && [ "-n" == "${1:0:2}" ]; then | |
| time=$(echo $1 | sed -e 's/-n//') | |
| shift | |
| watchedcmd=$@ | |
| else | |
| time="5" # Saneish default |