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		dowskitest on Oct 26, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Watch – A Useful Linux Command You May Have Never ... I use 'watch' to continuously run my suite of unit tests. I write a new test, it starts failing while looping under 'watch', then I write code to make it pass.

arsh on Oct 26, 2010 [–]

I have used it for ram memory (free) and processes (ps) monitoring.

eru on Oct 26, 2010 | [–]

Doesn't top do the same job?

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