From 745d8aebd115297530ae46a9ad6ca7f2297ec5c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Managor <42655600+Managor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 14:15:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] watch: merge common and linux, add examples (#15644)

Co-authored-by: Lena <126529524+acuteenvy@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pages/common/watch.md | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 pages/linux/watch.md  | 20 --------------------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pages/linux/watch.md

diff --git a/pages/common/watch.md b/pages/common/watch.md
index 0aad04cb1e..803af70cc5 100644
--- a/pages/common/watch.md
+++ b/pages/common/watch.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # watch
 
-> Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen.
+> Execute a program periodically and monitor the output in full-screen mode.
 > More information: <https://manned.org/watch>.
 
 - Repeatedly run a command and show the result:
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@
 
 - Re-run a command every 60 seconds:
 
-`watch -n {{60}} {{command}}`
+`watch --interval {{60}} {{command}}`
 
-- Monitor the contents of a directory, highlighting differences as they appear:
+- Monitor disk space, highlighting differences as they appear:
 
-`watch -d {{ls -l}}`
+`watch --differences {{df}}`
 
 - Repeatedly run a pipeline and show the result:
 
-`watch '{{command_1}} | {{command_2}} | {{command_3}}'`
+`watch "{{command_1}} | {{command_2}} | {{command_3}}"`
+
+- Exit `watch` if the visible output changes:
+
+`watch --chgexit {{lsblk}}`
+
+- Interpret terminal control characters:
+
+`watch --color {{ls --color=always}}`
diff --git a/pages/linux/watch.md b/pages/linux/watch.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 63e767157d..0000000000
--- a/pages/linux/watch.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# watch
-
-> Execute a command repeatedly, and monitor the output in full-screen mode.
-> More information: <https://manned.org/watch>.
-
-- Monitor files in the current directory:
-
-`watch {{ls}}`
-
-- Monitor disk space and highlight the changes:
-
-`watch -d {{df}}`
-
-- Monitor "node" processes, refreshing every 3 seconds:
-
-`watch -n {{3}} "{{ps aux | grep node}}"`
-
-- Monitor disk space and if it changes, stop monitoring:
-
-`watch -g {{df}}`