# I miss 'watch' on OS X watch () { clear if [ -z $2 ] then time="5" # Saneish default watchedcmd=$1 else time=$(echo $1 | sed -e 's/-n//') watchedcmd=$2 fi while true; do echo "Watching ${watchedcmd} - refreshing every ${time} seconds" ; ${watchedcmd} ; sleep ${time} ;clear; done }