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Console clock -- within screen

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

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Terminal - Alternatives
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 "echo -ne '\r'\`date\`;sleep 1" | sh
2011-02-12 23:48:19
User: sraeder
Functions: yes
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Console clock
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watch -n1 'date "+%T"'
2011-02-16 00:33:51
User: DaveQB
Functions: watch
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Console clock

A console clock with the current time.

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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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while sleep 1; do echo -n "\r`date`"; done
2011-02-15 23:48:37
User: nkoehring
Functions: echo sleep
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Console clock

Does the same but without a pipe and a new shell.

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