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watchcat Combines the functionality of watch and cat
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Port Added: 2026-01-26 23:04:11
Last Update: 2026-01-26 22:59:50
Commit Hash: f3623c7
License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://github.com/norayr/watchcat/
Description:
Watchcat is a command-line tool that combines the functionalities of the 'watch' and 'cat' commands. It allows users to monitor the output of a command by executing it repeatedly at specified intervals or to watch a file for changes and display its contents when modified.
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  1. bin/watchcat
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/watchcat-g20260124/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/watchcat-g20260124/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/watchcat-g20260124/GPLv2
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Dependency lines:
  • watchcat>0:sysutils/watchcat
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/watchcat/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/watchcat
  • pkg install watchcat
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: watchcat
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distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1769447608 SHA256 (norayr-watchcat-g20260124-f1134a59f6b581d8d500b2678407285a1ee6443b_GH0.tar.gz) = 631ad43c8035b40e1d134c9f906fcf7fa3ab54e3c05255466ca00dfd1cd2b41a SIZE (norayr-watchcat-g20260124-f1134a59f6b581d8d500b2678407285a1ee6443b_GH0.tar.gz) = 10293

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SHA256 (norayr-pipes-ef0629a71853b145def2b8b27300d3d02b228739_GH0.tar.gz) = aa2c08fbd8b1d7ca0e9511a02e580e387747fdfd44ef876d67009fa7cef162e7 SIZE (norayr-pipes-ef0629a71853b145def2b8b27300d3d02b228739_GH0.tar.gz) = 8339 SHA256 (norayr-strutils-2a450a1ef94a431787e258e262d053377ac9275c_GH0.tar.gz) = 4a7d49daf14c707c3a7c257e98a4dd8372ab84a70efa9073c95142bce21a54a5 SIZE (norayr-strutils-2a450a1ef94a431787e258e262d053377ac9275c_GH0.tar.gz) = 19396 SHA256 (norayr-time-8f4d8612518cd69f91e85fa224c85bfe5d506028_GH0.tar.gz) = d3985485df35e03171feed80d75d3be4655498a91e2e413003780c7e77074c2e SIZE (norayr-time-8f4d8612518cd69f91e85fa224c85bfe5d506028_GH0.tar.gz) = 7362

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. voc : lang/voc
There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
sysutils_watchcat
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/norayr/watchcat/tar.gz/f1134a59f6b581d8d500b2678407285a1ee6443b?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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g20260124
26 Jan 2026 22:59:50
commit hash: f3623c7218cc17d09e5fb198368fde7e8e52f5f4commit hash: f3623c7218cc17d09e5fb198368fde7e8e52f5f4commit hash: f3623c7218cc17d09e5fb198368fde7e8e52f5f4commit hash: f3623c7218cc17d09e5fb198368fde7e8e52f5f4 files touched by this commit		 Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Antranig Vartanian		 
sysutils/watchcat: watchcat combines good things about watch and cat

Watchcat is a command-line tool that combines the functionalities of
the 'watch' and 'cat' commands. It allows users to monitor the output
of a command by executing it repeatedly at specified intervals or to
watch a file for changes and display its contents when modified.

Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54863

Number of commits found: 1
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