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Old 04-11-2006
Refresh ls list on screen (auto-refresh)?
I am looking for a way to issue a command or string of commands to repeatedly display new files that are written to the directory. I usually use ls -ltr to see the newest files at the bottom of the screen. I would like to automate this command to refresh what is displayed every second or so. Can this be done at the command line or in a .ksh script? I seem to have found a way to do this many years ago but I am returning to UNIX (HPUX) now and can't remember how this was done.

Thanks in advance!
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Old 04-11-2006
hi

write your ls commad in crontab and make it run for each minute..
# 3  
Old 04-11-2006
while [ 1 ]
do
clear
ls -lrt
sleep 60
done

run the above commands in ksh command line prompt to autorefresh in screen
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Old 11-13-2007
Easier to use 'watch'
$ watch ls -ltr
 
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