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Life & fun · March 3, 2013

now.sh

Pipeable bash script that prints current time while waiting for an input from stdin - apankrat/now.sh

now.sh launched on March 3, 2013 with 83 votes, #35 of 671 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

now.sh is a bash script that displays the current time while waiting to receive input from standard input. It can be used in command pipelines to monitor elapsed time during processes. The tool is designed for developers and system administrators who need to track timing information in shell scripts and command-line workflows.

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