tomat-watch(1)

💅 tomat-watch(1) — like, the watch page, bestie

okay so real talk: this is tomat-watch(1) from the General Commands Manual, and it's genuinely one of my fave little pages. it's short, it's sweet, it slays. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME

watch — continuously output status updates 👀

🦋 SYNOPSIS

watch [-o|--output] [-f|--format] [-i|--interval] [-h|--help]

💖 DESCRIPTION

bestie. this thing continuously watches and outputs timer status updates, fr fr. the way it works is so iconic: it keeps one single connection to the daemon open and just updates at the interval you tell it. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

and here's the part i'm obsessed with — it automatically exits when the daemon stops. like it just knows. main character energy tbh. 🫶

it's also more efficient than polling with the status command, so if you were doing that... not me calling you out, but. yeah. switch. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -o, --output <OUTPUT> [default: waybar] — picks your output format. your choices are waybar, i3status-rs, or plain. 🎀

Possible values:

• waybar
• i3status-rs
• plain

• -f, --format <FORMAT> — your own custom text format, like "{icon} {time}". make it yours, bestie 🌈
• -i, --interval <INTERVAL> [default: 0.25] — update interval in seconds. that default is a quarter second, which is fast. slay. ⚡
• -h, --help — print help (see a summary with '-h') 📖

🔥 EXTRA

EXAMPLES, and yes i'm giving them to you exactly:

# Watch with default interval (0.25 seconds)
tomat watch

# Watch with 5-second updates
tomat watch --interval 5

# Watch with plain text output
tomat watch --output plain

heads up: -f/--format is a custom text format — the page shows "{icon} {time}" as the example, so keep that shape in mind 💜

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okay and finally, the boring-but-important receipts: this page is filed under <pink>watch</pink> in the <purple>tomat-watch(1)</purple> section of the General Commands Manual — that's the footer, she's cute, she's official. mwah 💋 🎀 🌸