Modern watch
command.
Viddy well, gopher. Viddy well.
Demo
Features
- Basic features of original watch command.
- Execute command periodically, and display the result.
- color output.
- diff highlight.
- Time machine mode.
😎 - Rewind like video.
- Go to the past, and back to the future.
- See output in pager.
- Vim like keymaps.
- Search text.
- Suspend and restart execution.
- Run command in precise intervals forcibly.
Install
Mac
...via Homebrew:
brew install sachaos/tap/viddy
...via MacPorts:
Linux
wget -O viddy.tar.gz https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases/download/v0.1.8/viddy_0.1.8_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && tar xvf viddy.tar.gz && mv viddy /usr/local/bin
Go
go install github.com/sachaos/viddy@latest
Download from release page
Keymaps
key | |
---|---|
SPACE | Toggle time machine mode |
s | Toggle suspend execution |
d | Toggle diff |
t | Toggle header display |
/ | Search text |
j | Pager: next line |
k | Pager: previous line |
Control-F | Pager: page down |
Control-B | Pager: page up |
g | Pager: go to top of page |
Shift-G | Pager: go to bottom of page |
Shift-J | (Time machine mode) Go to the past |
Shift-K | (Time machine mode) Back to the future |
Shift-F | (Time machine mode) Go to more past |
Shift-B | (Time machine mode) Back to more future |
What is "viddy" ?
"viddy" is Nadsat word meaning to see. Nadsat is fictional argot of gangs in the violence movie "A Clockwork Orange".
Credits
The gopher's logo of viddy is licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attributions license.
The original Go gopher was designed by Renee French.