This gem was originally intended to solve a problem I had with my terminal setup and watch. In reality, the issue was not with watch, and therefore this gem has no reason to exist. It has now been archived because I hoard code.

pocketwatch is a clone of the watch utility found on many UNIX-based operating systems. It exists entirely due to the fact that watch swallows CTRL-code shortcuts that aren't CTRL-C (interrupt), and as a result, makes it really difficult to use CTRL codes to navigate around terminal panes. A Ruby implementation serves the same purpose but doesn't jack up my terminal navigation.

Yes, that's the only reason this exists.

gem install pocketwatch

Usage: pocketwatch [options] -- <command>
    -v, --version                    Print the version number
    -n INTERVAL                      Length in seconds between command execution

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.