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The current implementation does not allow to specify pipes as commands.
So
watch 'ls | grep txt'
fails, even worse without a clear error-message:This comes from the fact that the old
watch
implementation uses thesystem
function to execute the commands. This function uses a shell which handles the pipes.execvp
does not support pipes in its commands, you would have to set them up by yourself.The following patch changes some things:
system
-x
/--exec
flag which switches back to the old behaviourexecvp
errors.This makes watch more usable and more compliant to the original implementation.