Stop watching the output of a particular program after using watch command?

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I have come to know that we can use watch command to monitor the output of other command and it prints the output every 2 seconds by default, which is really useful.



I start to use it to monitor the output of nvidia-smi, for example. But now I do not know how to quit the program (stop monitoring the output of nvidia-smi). I tried to press q and there is no response.



Searching the internet with similar title gives me no clue. There are only some tutorials on how to use watch and its options and I can not find a way to stop the command. I am stuck here.




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    I have come to know that we can use watch command to monitor the output of other command and it prints the output every 2 seconds by default, which is really useful.



    I start to use it to monitor the output of nvidia-smi, for example. But now I do not know how to quit the program (stop monitoring the output of nvidia-smi). I tried to press q and there is no response.



    Searching the internet with similar title gives me no clue. There are only some tutorials on how to use watch and its options and I can not find a way to stop the command. I am stuck here.




    linux watch




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      I have come to know that we can use watch command to monitor the output of other command and it prints the output every 2 seconds by default, which is really useful.



      I start to use it to monitor the output of nvidia-smi, for example. But now I do not know how to quit the program (stop monitoring the output of nvidia-smi). I tried to press q and there is no response.



      Searching the internet with similar title gives me no clue. There are only some tutorials on how to use watch and its options and I can not find a way to stop the command. I am stuck here.




      linux watch




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      I have come to know that we can use watch command to monitor the output of other command and it prints the output every 2 seconds by default, which is really useful.



      I start to use it to monitor the output of nvidia-smi, for example. But now I do not know how to quit the program (stop monitoring the output of nvidia-smi). I tried to press q and there is no response.



      Searching the internet with similar title gives me no clue. There are only some tutorials on how to use watch and its options and I can not find a way to stop the command. I am stuck here.





      linux watch





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          From man watch:




          By default, watch will run until interrupted.




          The key words are "until interrupted", which basically can be interpreted as until (but not limited to) the following happening:



          • The user (you) pressed CTRL+C in the terminal.

          • The system restarted.

          • The process was issued a kill request.





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          • I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
            – jdhao
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          • I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
            – Tigger
            Dec 6 '17 at 10:02











          • @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
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            From man watch:




            By default, watch will run until interrupted.




            The key words are "until interrupted", which basically can be interpreted as until (but not limited to) the following happening:



            • The user (you) pressed CTRL+C in the terminal.

            • The system restarted.

            • The process was issued a kill request.





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            • I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
              – jdhao
              Dec 6 '17 at 9:15










            • I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
              – Tigger
              Dec 6 '17 at 10:02











            • @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
              – user4556274
              Dec 6 '17 at 13:15














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            From man watch:




            By default, watch will run until interrupted.




            The key words are "until interrupted", which basically can be interpreted as until (but not limited to) the following happening:



            • The user (you) pressed CTRL+C in the terminal.

            • The system restarted.

            • The process was issued a kill request.





            share|improve this answer




















            • I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
              – jdhao
              Dec 6 '17 at 9:15










            • I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
              – Tigger
              Dec 6 '17 at 10:02











            • @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
              – user4556274
              Dec 6 '17 at 13:15












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            up vote
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            From man watch:




            By default, watch will run until interrupted.




            The key words are "until interrupted", which basically can be interpreted as until (but not limited to) the following happening:



            • The user (you) pressed CTRL+C in the terminal.

            • The system restarted.

            • The process was issued a kill request.





            share|improve this answer












            From man watch:




            By default, watch will run until interrupted.




            The key words are "until interrupted", which basically can be interpreted as until (but not limited to) the following happening:



            • The user (you) pressed CTRL+C in the terminal.

            • The system restarted.

            • The process was issued a kill request.






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            • I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
              – jdhao
              Dec 6 '17 at 9:15










            • I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
              – Tigger
              Dec 6 '17 at 10:02











            • @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
              – user4556274
              Dec 6 '17 at 13:15
















            • I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
              – jdhao
              Dec 6 '17 at 9:15










            • I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
              – Tigger
              Dec 6 '17 at 10:02











            • @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
              – user4556274
              Dec 6 '17 at 13:15















            I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
            – jdhao
            Dec 6 '17 at 9:15




            I am curious to know why there is no shortcut to use q to stop watching, just like when we are using less or man command. A lot of command support the use of q to quit.
            – jdhao
            Dec 6 '17 at 9:15












            I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
            – Tigger
            Dec 6 '17 at 10:02





            I am not one of the programmers and I can not answer for them. As far as I understand, the source code for watch is available and you should be able to either fork it and create your own version that includes the option to press Q to quit or extend it like others have by submitting a patch or getting directly involved in the program development.
            – Tigger
            Dec 6 '17 at 10:02













            @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
            – user4556274
            Dec 6 '17 at 13:15




            @Hao, note that reacting to a signal (generated by Ctrl+C) and reading tokens from stdin are very different code paths. less and man accept a variety of keystroke commands; q is just another among several. watch accepts no keystroke commands, so it would be functionality added only for quit.
            – user4556274
            Dec 6 '17 at 13:15












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