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repeat a command every one second

Terminal - repeat a command every one second
watch -n 1 "do foo"
2012-07-11 13:42:26
User: mesuutt
Functions: watch
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repeat a command every one second

Short method of "while x=0; do foo ; sleep 1 ; done"

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Alternatives

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Terminal - Alternatives
watch -n 2 command
2012-03-20 19:55:52
User: pranavkn
Functions: watch
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Watch command

Repeat command after every 2 secs

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while sleep 1; do foo; done
2012-09-14 20:21:04
User: lowbatteries
Functions: sleep
Tags: while sleep watch while loop
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repeat a command every x seconds

For use when you can't use "watch" (user-defined functions, aliases). This isn't mine - its an alternate posted in the comments by flatcap, and is the shortest and easiest to remember.

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while x=0; do foo ; sleep 1 ; done
2012-07-11 13:22:21
User: eastwind
Functions: sleep
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repeat a command every x seconds

repeat a command every X seconds , output show the creation of partition image using fsarchiver, each line show the size of the image.

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What others think

You can add precision if you don't want time shifting due to the duration of the command (--precise or -p option):

watch -pn 1 "do foo"
Comment by frans 41 weeks and 1 day ago

add a -d to highlight the difference in the output:

watch -n 2 -d command
Comment by linuxswords 39 weeks and 2 days ago

if I want to do something (execute download command again) when download is failed, what should I do?

Comment by renodesper 30 weeks and 1 day ago

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