On 03.Mai.2013, at 00:01, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 04:26:06PM -0500, Matt wrote: >> >> repeat 10 dig @server-ip-address +short +tries=1 +time=1 your-zone.com a >> >> Can I do that with watch? > > No. But you can do it with 'seq': > > for x in $(seq 1 10); do dig @server-ip-address +short +tries=1 +time=1 your-zone.com a; done this works but at least with bash you can do it with brace expansion for x in {1..10}; do … ; done it's a bashism but maybe more portable, e.g. OS-X has no seq no fork (for the seq) is necessary as well -- Regards, Markus