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My new fav one-liner:
while true ; do clear ; date ; echo ; ls -lh ; REPLY="" ; read -sn 1 -t 1 ; if [ "$REPLY" = "q" ] ; then break ; fi ; done
It'll watch a directories contents (via ls), prefixed with the current time. It'll refresh every second until you hit the 'q' key - or faster if you hit any other key.
while true ; do clear ; date ; echo ; ls -lh ; REPLY="" ; read -sn 1 -t 1 ; if [ "$REPLY" = "q" ] ; then break ; fi ; done
It'll watch a directories contents (via ls), prefixed with the current time. It'll refresh every second until you hit the 'q' key - or faster if you hit any other key.