NAME

     cmdwatch - terminal monitor of output from a command

SYNOPSIS

     cmdwatch [ -n interval ] [ command ]

DESCRIPTION

     This application is written in curses and  will  display  in
     the  current  terminal  window  the  output  of  the command
     entered on the command line run. Only as many lines  as  are
     available  in the window will be shown, however. By default,
     the interval at which to refresh the display is  2  seconds,
     but  this may be modified on the command line or may also be
     changed during display. The option for changing this  inter-
     val  as  well  as other actions which may be modified during
     execution are detailed below.


  Command line arguments
     -n interval
          Time interval in seconds at which to rerun  the  speci-
          fied command and show the output.

     cmd  Command to be run and monitored.

  Run time options
     i    Change time interval between executions  of  the  moni-
          tored command..

     c    Enter a new command for monitoring.

     h    Show all available options.

     q    Terminate the application.

EXAMPLES

     To show a running list of users on a machine: cmdwatch who

     To show a list of running processes: cmdwatch ps

AUTHORS

     Joe Wade (stealing from a previous code by Steve Farmer)

COPYRIGHT

     copyright 2001, Amoco Production Company
               All Rights Reserved
          an affiliate of BP America Inc.