Run a command each second and dump output to the terminal screen.

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# /usr/local/bin/localloopdump
+# Copyright 2006 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+#
+# $Id: localloopdump,v 1.1 2006-12-02 17:18:30 jonas Exp $
+#
+# Endlessly loop of exec'ing a command and dumping its output to stdout
+#
+# TODO: Use getopts to make slepp time customizable
+#
+
+set -e
+
+while test 1 = 1; do
+	output=$("$@")
+	clear
+	echo -n "$output"
+	sleep 1
+done