Console clock

while sleep 1; do echo -n "\r`date`"; done

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

By: nkoehring

2011-02-15 23:48:37

echo sleep

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Console clock

You will see it on the corner of your running terminal. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
 Sun Oct 20 05:48:44 JST 2019
```
7

while sleep 1; do tput sc; tput cup 0 $(($(tput cols)-29)); date; tput rc; done &

rakibfiha · 2019-10-19 20:50:48 253
Console clock

Shows a simple clock in the console -t param removes the watch header Ctrl-c to exit Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
08:03:57 PM 2011-02-15 Tuesday
```
5

watch -t -n1 'date "+%r %F %A"'

oracular · 2011-02-16 03:05:48 63
Console clock
This is sample output - yours may be different.
4

yes "echo -ne '\r'\`date\`;sleep 1" | sh

sraeder · 2011-02-12 23:48:19 6
Console clock

A console clock with the current time. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
Every 1.0s: date "+%T"                                                                                                                                                                    

11:33:02
```
4

watch -n1 'date "+%T"'

DaveQB · 2011-02-16 00:33:51 7
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.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
4

echo 'hardstatus alwayslastline " %d-%m-%y %c:%s | %w"' >> $HOME/.screenrc; screen

olorin · 2011-02-16 08:04:56 5

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