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This reminds me of something I have always wanted in the UNIX ecosystem: "topify" ... which is the word I would use to describe a primitive that will take lin
by rsync 2y ago
This reminds me of something I have always wanted in the UNIX ecosystem:
"topify"
... which is the word I would use to describe a primitive that will take line inputs from stdio and display them in a 'top' style output, presumably with curses.
Maybe there is more complication here than I have thought out but ... if I can output a standard line with columns I have already defined (perhaps in an 'awk' pipeline or whatever) then I would like a way to refresh them, in some order.
I am fairly certain this does not exist ...
- jjjzzz 2y agoYou mean "watch"?
- JNRowe 2y agoThere is also viddy¹ for a slightly more featureful watch alternative, if you're open to a new non-default package. Being able to recall old output and search within it can be extremely useful. Admittedly, it isn't quite a drop in replacement, but the usage is close enough that even aliasing it is unlikely to cause [many] problems. ¹ https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/ https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/
- rsync 2y ago"You mean "watch"?" I'm not sure. I've been directed to this in the past but I have a vague sense that it didn't do what I was looking for. I will take another look ...
- legobeet 2y agomprocs is worth checking out! https://github.com/pvolok/mprocs https://github.com/pvolok/mprocs
- tambourine_man 2y agoThis is really cool, thank. After many decades, I’m still on the fence with multiplexers. Mostly because I enjoy native scrolling and copying so much.