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Poor man's TC clock app

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PDP-8:
Just a fun thing I run in Aterm ...

I have this small rectangular clock running in the lower right about the same height at Wbar.  2-step setup.

1) In aterm, run this to see the clock every second:


--- Code: ---watch -n1 date
--- End code ---

resize the terminal to a small-ish rectangle so you only see one line.  Then...

2) With the window resized, stop it with ctrl-c

Since I am only really interested in minute-updates, and not seconds, change the watch value to 60:


--- Code: ---watch -n60 date
--- End code ---

Now just slide this little rectangle clock to the right of wbar.  Move it off the screen a bit if you aren't interested in the seconds and other info.

I know, kinda' dumb, but I think it's fun.

Rich:
Hi PDP-8
Long time no see. :)

Here's one I wrote several years ago:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,13794.msg150397.html#msg150397

Rich:
Hi PDP-8

--- Quote from: PDP-8 on June 17, 2025, 05:09:55 AM --- ... Since I am only really interested in minute-updates, and not seconds, change the watch value to 60: ...
--- End quote ---
Or you could:

--- Code: ---# Display only hours and minutes (24 hour mode).
tc@E310:~$ date +'%H:%M'
09:26
# Display only hours and minutes (12 hour mode).
tc@E310:~$ date +'%I:%M'
09:27
# Display only hours and minutes (12 hour mode) with AM/PM indicator.
tc@E310:~$ date +'%I:%M%p'
09:27AM
--- End code ---

You can also hide the header that  watch  displays like this:

--- Code: ---watch -tn1 date +'%H:%M'
--- End code ---

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