i managed to further improve the loop:

clear
while true
    echo \e\[H
    du -h (ls -tr) | tail -20 | sed -e 's/^/'\e'\[K/' | cut -c -(math (tput 
cols) - 2)
    echo \e\[0J
    sleep 2
end

and for anyone interested in the details i wrote it up on my dev-log:

http://societyserver.org/mbaehr/watch-for-the-fish-shell

greetings, martin.
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