sparklines for your shell
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install
spark is a shell script, so drop it somewhere and make sure it’s added to your $PATH. It’s helpful if you have a super-neat collection of dotfiles, like mine. Or you can use the following one-liner:
sudo sh -c "curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holman/spark/master/spark -o /usr/local/bin/spark && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/spark"
If you’re on OS X, spark is also on Homebrew:
brew install spark
usage
Just run spark and pass it a list of numbers (comma-delimited, spaces, whatever you’d like). It’s designed to be used in conjunction with other scripts that can output in that format.
spark 0 30 55 80 33 150
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Invoke help with spark -h.
cooler usage
There’s a lot of stuff you can do.
Number of commits to the github/github Git repository, by author:
› git shortlog -s |
cut -f1 |
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Magnitude of earthquakes over 1.0 in the last 24 hours:
› curl http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/eqs1day-M1.txt --silent |
sed '1d' |
cut -d, -f9 |
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