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Commands tagged clock

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Terminal - Commands tagged clock - 11 results
while(true); do printf "%s\f" $(date +%T); sleep 1; done | sm -
2013-01-14 17:13:34
User: claudius
Functions: date printf sleep
Tags: time clock sm
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Print the current time on the whole screen, updated every second

http://www.joachim-breitner.de/projects#screen-message now also supports reading stdin continuously to update what it shows, different ?slides? separated by a form feed character. Here, we feed the current time into it each second to create a large clock.

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sleep $((3600 - ($(date +%s) % 3600) ))
2012-12-09 16:21:57
User: Mozai
Functions: date sleep
Tags: cronjob sleep timer clock
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sleep until X o'clock

pauses exactly long enough to wake at the top of the hour

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while [[ 1 ]] ; do clear; banner `date +%H:%M:%S` ; sleep 1; done
2011-03-24 16:41:09
User: lkj
Functions: banner sleep
Tags: bash clock
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Console clock

Turn your terminal into digital clock.

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echo 'hardstatus alwayslastline " %d-%m-%y %c:%s | %w"' >> $HOME/.screenrc; screen
2011-02-16 08:04:56
User: olorin
Functions: echo
Tags: screen console clock
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Console clock -- within screen

Configures screen to always display the clock in the last line (has to be configured only once).

After that you not only have got the possibility to detach sessions and run them in background, but also have got a nice clock permanently on your screen.

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yes 'clear;printf "`date`\n" | figlet -f starwars | boxes;sleep 1' | sh
2011-02-16 03:58:19
User: lkjoel
Functions: printf sleep yes
Tags: figlet console clock revised beautiful
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Console clock -- Beautiful 2

This is a different version from my original command: Console clock -- Beautiful (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/7902/console-clock-beautiful )

This one uses Boxes and Figlet.

To install the dependencies on Ubuntu, type in:

sudo apt-get install boxes figlet

To install the dependencies on Debian, type in:

aptitude install boxes figlet
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yes 'clear;printf "\n\n`date`\n" | figlet -f starwars;sleep 1' | sh
2011-02-16 03:05:52
User: lkjoel
Functions: printf sleep yes
Tags: figlet console clock revised beautiful
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Console clock -- Beautiful

This will show a console clock with Figlet.

This is with the Star Wars font.

Change the -f option to anything else.

Notice: You need Figlet installed for this to work.

To install Figlet on Ubuntu, type in:

sudo apt-get install figlet

To install Figlet on Debian, type in:

aptitude install figlet
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watch -t -n1 'date "+%r %F %A"'
2011-02-16 03:05:48
User: oracular
Functions: watch
Tags: date clock watch
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Console clock

Shows a simple clock in the console

-t param removes the watch header

Ctrl-c to exit

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yes 'clear;printf "\n\n\n\n\t\t\t`date`\n";sleep 1' | sh
2011-02-16 02:57:16
User: lkjoel
Functions: printf sleep yes
Tags: console clock revised
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Console clock -- Revised

This command will automatically clear the old clock time, and show the new clock time.

It will also slightly format it.

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watch -n 1 'date "+obase=2; print %H,\":\",%M,\":\",%S" |bc'
2011-02-02 00:01:48
User: smax
Functions: watch
Tags: binary clock binary clock
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Binary Clock

Binary clock with separate H:M:S.

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watch -n 1 'echo "obase=2;`date +%s`" | bc'
2009-11-04 02:04:00
User: matthewbauer
Functions: watch
Tags: binary clock binary clock
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Binary Clock

Create a binary clock.

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ntpdate pool.ntp.org && hwclock --systohc && hwclock --adjust
2009-06-04 13:35:14
User: Weboide
Functions: hwclock
Tags: time sync ntp clock
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Synchronize both your system clock and hardware clock and calculate/adjust time drift

Do not run this command if you already have ntpd running!

This needs to run as root, for example with sudo:

sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org && sudo hwclock --systohc && sudo hwclock --adjust

This command will fetch accurate time from NTP servers and synchronize your system clock, then it will use the system clock to synchronize your hardware clock, and will calculate the time drift.

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