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"A no-installation version: `htop | nc seashells.io 1337`" I'm confused ... you are running the command 'htop' locally (and piping it) so how is that not insta

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• JosephRedfern 9y ago
  You're not installing any additional software onto your machine (like a web server etc)
• sram1337 9y ago
  Perhaps he means a no installation way to show htop on a web-page? Assuming you have 'htop' installed, you can pipe it's output to seashells.io via `nc` (netcat) and it will give you back a URL where you can see the output.
  • _joel 9y ago
    Indeed, anything can be piped in, i.e. while true;do date;sleep 1; done | nc seashells.io 1337
    • moehm 9y ago
      FYI, you can make it shorter by using sleep in while's condition, no need for while true. It does delay the first output though. while sleep 1; do date; done | ...
      • _joel 9y ago
        thanks for the tip, old habits die hard :)
      • rounce 9y ago
        Doesn't the difference lie in whether you want to run the command then sleep, or sleep first and then run the command?
        • namanyayg 9y ago
          > "It does delay the first output though"
          • dazmax 9y ago
            Could also do `while date;do sleep 1;done`
          • rounce 9y ago
            Yes, I was on about the reason for the delay.
      • jjwiseman 9y ago
        If you want short while :...
      • AdamJacobMuller 9y ago
        that's clever, i've never thought of it, interesting considering how many while true;do ...;sleep X;done loops i've done
  • anishathalye 9y ago
    > Perhaps he means a no installation way to show htop on a web-page? Yup, exactly!