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Is there some command I can use to monitor changes in /proc/interrupt?

For example, using head -4 I can see that the file is changing, but only if I run head again and again:

> head -4  /proc/interrupts 
           CPU0       CPU1       
  0:     451325          0   IO-APIC   2-edge      timer
  1:          0       3445   IO-APIC   1-edge      i8042
  4:          0       3055   IO-APIC   4-edge      ttyS0
> head -4  /proc/interrupts 
           CPU0       CPU1       
  0:     451559          0   IO-APIC   2-edge      timer
  1:          0       3451   IO-APIC   1-edge      i8042
  4:          0       3063   IO-APIC   4-edge      ttyS0

Is there a way to display these lines as they are updated by the system?

Notice that the solutions like tail -f <file> proposed in Output file contents while they change do not work, because the change is not due to some text being appended.

emacs drives me nuts
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  • Check out the [Pipe Watch demo video](https://www.kylheku.com/cgit/pw/about/) which uses `/proc/interrupts` as an example. – Kaz May 24 '23 at 22:58

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How about watch cat /proc/interrupts That seems to be working on my ubuntu server.

jeff
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