Linux.com: CLI Magic: Three Clocks

“If you’re like me, you sometimes get so absorbed in work or
play that you forget what time it is. The Linux CLI has all sorts
of friendly reminders that you can use to keep you from running
late for that next important meeting. Come on, lazybones, jump down
out of your GUI-hammock, and let’s take a look at three of
them.

“There are two kinds of clocks in the world. The one with hands
is an analog clock. Our first CLI timepiece is the other kind–a
binary clock. In fact it’s even called binary-clock. It’s really
only suited for day-to-day use for geeks or wannabes, but I thought
it interesting enough to include in our sampling…”

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