10 mo. ago • 87%

Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...)

38 comments

watch -n 1 date

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- I was going to post exactly that, lol
  
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  nice
  
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  Same
  
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- what does it do?
  
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  it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c
  
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- ``man watch
  
  Nice command! Thanks!
  
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- -d if you're feeling sporty.
  
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  If we're adding dramatic flourish, I'll suggest watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'
  
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Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)

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- Better in which way? WSL2 is a VM running ALONGSIDE Windows, not inside. Its performance is basically bare metal. If you have enough RAM, there is no reason to use cygwin instead of WSL2.
  
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  In that case why don't you just run a VM or install bare metal. WSL strips you of control just like Windows itself does.
  
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  its complicated please dont blame me for WSL
  
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- AHHHH "Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that's about some kind of war up in the stars.." lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.
  
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  i try to understand that...
  
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- Can Cygwin run Linux GUI programs effectively? What about GPU-bound workloads? Would happily switch if the answer to both of those is yes.
  
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  You can run GUI apps but I'm not sure about GPU workloads. Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?
  
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  i dont mind the GUI... but is Cygwin open source? just knowing
  
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- Best option is still Git Bash 🙃
  
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  most true :3
  
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- Yep, that's what I use as well... in Windows I mean.
  
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- thanks
  
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while :; do date; sleep 1; done

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- watch -n1 date
  
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  none
  
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- thanks this is more like c syntax tho its bash im learning c btw :3
  
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  it's posix shell, also it produces an output similar to your post unlike watch, which everyone is rushing to point out as if it were the ultimate superninja haxxor secret tool that nobody knows about :DDD
  
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