Nodejs linux watch command like functionality

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What are the ways to implement linux's watch command functionality using Node.js?

When terminal stdout is replacing its content periodically? So I definitely don't need https://github.com/chjj/blessed capabilities. Just update/replace text content.

Should be a popular task, strange but couldn't google a simple solution.

ponury-kostek · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-10 12:47:26Z

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You can use https://nodejs.org/api/readline.html#readline_readline_cursorto_stream_x_y in combination with https://nodejs.org/api/readline.html#readline_readline_clearscreendown_stream

answered Jul 10, 2017 at 12:47

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