Linux run a command repeatedly

There is a simple thing to run a command repeatedly in the linux environment.

You can use “watch” command to do that,

>watch –n <time between repeats> <command>

Below you can see an example,

>watch –n 1 date

Using above command you can see your system time that change every seconds.

For more information please check below thread in askubuntu.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/430382/repeat-a-command-every-x-interval-of-time-in-terminal