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Re:Dotfiles being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012) by Athas on Friday August 12, 2022 @02:01AM (#32435123)
I need to use printf to interpret the escape character:

    while true; do printf "  $(date)\r"; sleep 1; done
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Re:Dotfiles being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012) by hbossy on Friday August 12, 2022 @03:44AM (#32435621)
I like my terminals a little bit cleaner:

    printf '\033c';  while true; do echo -en "  $(date)\r"; sleep 1; done
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Re:Dotfiles being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012) by schoen on Friday August 12, 2022 @02:04AM (#32435136)
It might also work with "echo -e".
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