Viddy
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. π
- 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.
- Support shell alias
- See detail #2 (comment)
- Customize keymappings.
- Customize color.
Install
Mac
Homebrew
brew install viddyMacPorts
sudo port install viddyWindows
Scoop
To install Viddy on Windows, first install the Scoop package manager, and then run the commands below.
NOTE: The git package is required in order to add additional Scoop "buckets".
scoop install git
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/viddy
Linux
wget -O viddy.tar.gz https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases/download/v0.3.7/viddy_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && tar xvf viddy.tar.gz && mv viddy /usr/local/binArchLinux ( AUR )
yay -S viddyAlternatively you can use the AUR Git repo directly
Alpine Linux
After enabling the community repository:
apk add viddyasdf version manager
asdf plugin add viddy
asdf install viddy latest
asdf global viddy latestGo
go install github.com/sachaos/viddy@latestOther
Download from release page.
Keymaps
| key | |
|---|---|
| SPACE | Toggle time machine mode |
| s | Toggle suspend execution |
| b | Toggle ring terminal bell |
| d | Toggle diff |
| t | Toggle header display |
| ? | Toggle help view |
| / | 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 |
| Shift-O | (Time machine mode) Go to oldest position |
| Shift-N | (Time machine mode) Go to current position |
Configuration
Install your config file on $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/viddy.toml
On macOS, the path is ~/Library/Application\ Support/viddy.toml.
[general]
shell = "zsh"
shell_options = ""
[keymap]
timemachine_go_to_past = "Down"
timemachine_go_to_more_past = "Shift-Down"
timemachine_go_to_future = "Up"
timemachine_go_to_more_future = "Shift-Up"
timemachine_go_to_now = "Ctrl-Shift-Up"
timemachine_go_to_oldest = "Ctrl-Shift-Down"
[color]
background = "white" # Default value is inherit from terminal color.What is "viddy" ?
"viddy" is Nadsat word meaning to see. Nadsat is fictional argot of gangs in the violent book and 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.