How to display the time every one minute using linux command?

Question

I used the following linux command to display the time date +%T. It displays the current time.

If I want to display the time every one minute which Linux command should I use?

Expected Result:

15:44:26
15:45:26
15:46:26

See also Output of 'watch' command as a list – don_crissti Oct 18 '16 at 10:26 — don_crissti, Oct 18 '16 at 10:26
Try this : tm() { date +%T; sleep 1; tm; };tm – Severus Tux Oct 18 '16 at 11:06 — Severus Tux, Oct 18 '16 at 11:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '16 at 10:22

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There is no specific unix command for this, but this be handled by a bit of shell script.

With bash (the standard shell provided with most Linux distro):

while [ 1 ]; do date "+%T"; sleep 60; done

answered Oct 18 '16 at 10:22

Ouki

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With a small tweak you can remove the scrolling with while [ 1 ]; do echo -en \date "+%T"`"\r"; sleep 60; done` – Tigger Nov 01 '16 at 05:52

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