Re: Character-mode clock
Yes, thanks David, 'watch -n1 date' worked fine for me.
George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St.,
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, David Z Maze wrote:
> George Karaolides <george@karaolides.com> writes:
> GK> Is there a clock application that can be used to show system time in a
> GK> character-mode terminal? There seem to be any number of them that can be
> GK> used under X, but I can't find any that can be used in character mode.
>
> For something quick, cheap, and easy, try 'watch -n1 date'. My memory
> of using screen on a VT320 plugged into a serial port suggests that
> screen would also display the current time on the hardware modeline if
> it could be convinced that such existed, but this is kind of a fuzzy
> memory, and I'm not sure if you could (or would want to) emulate the
> modeline in an xterm/Linux virtual console.
>
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