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ttyplot — A realtime plotting utility for the command-line with data input from `stdin`. More information: <ht

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Problem

How to use the ttyplot command: A realtime plotting utility for the command-line with data input from stdin. More information: <https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot>.

Solution

ttyplot — A realtime plotting utility for the command-line with data input from stdin. More information: <https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot>.

Plot the values 1, 2, and 3 (Note: cat prevents ttyplot from exiting):

{ echo {{1 2 3}}; cat; } | ttyplot

Set a specific title and unit:

{ echo {{1 2 3}}; cat; } | ttyplot -t {{title}} -u {{unit}}

Use a while loop to continuously plot random values:

{ while {{true}}; do echo {{$RANDOM}}; sleep {{1}}; done } | ttyplot

Parse the output from ping and visualize it:

ping {{8.8.8.8}} | sed -u '{{s/^.*time=//g; s/ ms//g}}' | ttyplot -t "{{ping to 8.8.8.8}}" -u {{ms}}

Code Snippets

Plot the values `1`, `2`, and `3` (Note: `cat` prevents `ttyplot` from exiting)

{ echo {{1 2 3}}; cat; } | ttyplot

Set a specific title and unit

{ echo {{1 2 3}}; cat; } | ttyplot -t {{title}} -u {{unit}}

Use a while loop to continuously plot random values

{ while {{true}}; do echo {{$RANDOM}}; sleep {{1}}; done } | ttyplot

Parse the output from `ping` and visualize it

ping {{8.8.8.8}} | sed -u '{{s/^.*time=//g; s/ ms//g}}' | ttyplot -t "{{ping to 8.8.8.8}}" -u {{ms}}

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