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The options are as follows:

-c

Reconnect on close. If the tty observed by watch is closed, automatically reattach to the same tty. If this option is not specified, watch will request a new tty if running in interactive mode or exit if running without a controlling tty.

-f snpdev

If this option is specified, watch will use snpdev as the snp(4) device. Without this option, watch will attempt to find the next available snp(4) device.

-i

Force interactive mode. Interactive mode is a default if watch is started from a tty. If output is redirected to a file, interactive mode can still be requested by specifying this option.

-n

Disable the ability to switch the watched tty interactively. This disables both change requests made with <control-X> as well as automatic prompting when the current tty is closed or overflows. In all cases where a prompt would be displayed, watch will exit. The reconnect flags are unaffected by this option. When this flag is used, <control-X> is passed through to the terminal.

-o

Reconnect on overflow. The behavior of watch if the observed tty overflows is similar to the behavior if the observed tty is closed. For more info see snp(4).

-t

Print the date and time when observation of a given tty is started.

-W

Allow write access to observed tty.

tty

Tty may be specified as a tty-style device, such as a pseudo tty device, a virtual console, or a serial line, etc. Names may be preceded by /dev/.

OPERATION

<control-G>

Exit watch.

<control-W>

Clear screen.

<control-X>

Change attached tty, unless this feature is disabled, in which case control-X is passed to the terminal as with other control characters.

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