I want a better way to do this, mostly for command line use:

```
while sleep 60; do 
  mysql -e 'show processlist'; 
done

```

This is better than:

```
while mysql -e 'show processlist'; do
  sleep 60;
done

```

... because if I type a `ctrl-c`, it stops. However, the first version waits for a minute before first output.

I know about `watch`. Often good, but not for all circumstances. I'm looking for a simple output to stdout, not curses. It'd be nice if `watch` had a `--stdout` option.

Simplicity is key here. I don't care about handling errors in the mysql statement. It can report its own errors to stdout.