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watch

Run commands periodically

Ubuntu CentOS Debian SUSE Fedora RHEL macOS
Verified: 2026-03-04
Syntax
$watch [options] <command>
Optionen
-n
-d
-t
Examples
$watch df -h
$watch -n 5 "ps aux | grep process"
$watch -d "netstat -tuln"
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
watch --help
Note Runs commands regularly and shows changes.
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