linuxwatchtop_linux--watch命令使用

1. watch命令简介

watch [options] command

The watch program executes a given command at regular inter-vals; the default is every two seconds. The command is passed to the shell (so be sure to quote or escape any special characters), and the results are displayed in a full-screen mode, so you can observe the output conveniently and see what has changed. For example,

每隔一段时间重复运行一个命令，默认间隔时间是2秒。要运行的命令直接传给shell(注意引用和转义特殊字符)。结果会展示为全屏模式，这样你可以很方便的观察改变。例如:

watch -n 60 date

executes the date command once a minute, sort of a poor man’s clock. Type ^C to exit.

执行date命令每分钟一次，输入^C  退出。

2.Useful options常用选项

-n seconds Set the time between executions, in seconds.

设置运行时间间隔，以秒为单位

-d Highlight differences in the output, to emphasize what has changed from one execution to the next.

高亮输出不同，强调两次执行的不同。

3.watch 手册

NAME

watch - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen

watch - 定期执行程序，输出全屏

SYNOPSIS

watch  [-dhvt]  [-n  ]  [--differences[=cumulative]]  [--help]

[--interval=] [--no-title] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screen-full).   This  allows you to watch the program output change over time.By default, the program is run every 2 seconds; use -n or --interval to specify a different interval.

监视重复运行命令，展示输出(全屏)。让你监视程序输出变化。默认程序2s运行一次；使用-n或--interval 指定不同的间隔时间

The  -d  or  --differences  flag will highlight the differences between successive  updates.   The  --differences[=cumulative]  option makes highlighting "sticky",  presenting a running display of all positions that have ever changed.  The -t or --no-title option turns off the header showing  the interval,  command, and current time at the top of the display, as well as the following blank line.

-d 或 --differences 会高亮显示新内容。--cumulative 选项让高亮保持，展示运行中所有的修改的内容。 -t 或 --no-title 选项关闭头部展示，只展示空白行。

watch will run until interrupted.

watch会一直运行，知道中断。

NOTE

Note that command is given to "sh -c" which means that you may need  to use extra quoting to get the desired effect.

注意，命令"sh -c" 你需要应用起来才能达到预期的效果。

Note  that  POSIX  option  processing  is used (i.e., option processing stops at the first non-option argument).  This means that  flags  after command don’t get interpreted by watch itself.

注意，使用POSIX选项(选项会停在第一个非选项参数)意味着你不能在命令后再设置间隔。  www.2cto.com

EXAMPLES

To watch for mail, you might do

查看邮件

watch -n 60 from

To watch the contents of a directory change, you could use

查看目录变化：

watch -d ls -l

If you’re only interested in files owned by user joe, you might use

想找joe用户的文件，是下面的命令

watch -d ’ls -l | fgrep joe’

To see the effects of quoting, try these out

看引号的使用

watch echo $$

watch echo ’$$’

watch echo "’"’$$’"’"

原博文 http://www.2cto.com/os/201212/175631.html