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# 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}}`
