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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# https://superuser.com/questions/611538/is-there-a-way-to-display-a-countdown-or-stopwatch-timer-in-a-terminal
+
+while true; do echo -ne "`date +%H:%M:%S:%N`\r"; done
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