2009/7/1 Yuval Hager <yu...@avramzon.net>: > if I try to run > $ watch "echo שלום123" > I just get the '123' on the page, Hebrew characters stripped. > > man watch says: >> Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. >> Use "cat -v" as part of the command pipeline if you want to see >> them. > > but if I try > $ watch "echo שלום123|cat -v" > I get something like: > M-WM-)M-WM-^\M-WM-^UM-WM-^]123 > > Any way to idea Hebrew characters under watch?
Not a solution but a possible work-around might be a simple shell loop: while true do clear date echo "123םולש" sleep 2 done --Amos _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il