Modern watch command.
Viddy well, gopher. Viddy well.
- 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.
- Look back history.
- Save and load history.
- See output in pager.
- Vim like keymaps.
- Search text.
- Suspend and restart execution.
- Support shell alias
- See detail #2 (comment)
- Customize keymappings.
- Customize color.
cargo install viddy
brew install viddy
wget -O viddy.tar.gz https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases/download/v1.3.0/viddy-v1.3.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && tar xvf viddy.tar.gz && mv viddy /usr/local/bin
Download from release page.
APT packages for Debian stable, testing and unstable (amd64 and arm64), built from source at release tags. Set up the archive per the instructions on pkg.haus, then:
sudo apt install viddy
sudo port install viddy
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
yay -S viddy
Alternatively you can use the AUR Git repo directly
After enabling the community repository:
apk add viddy
asdf plugin add viddy asdf install viddy latest asdf global viddy latest
| key | |
|---|---|
| SPACE | Toggle time machine mode |
| s | Toggle (θΏ½θ¨) s (θΏ½θ¨γγγΎγ§)uspend execution |
| b | Toggle ring terminal (θΏ½θ¨) b (θΏ½θ¨γγγΎγ§)ell |
| d | Toggle (θΏ½θ¨) d (θΏ½θ¨γγγΎγ§)iff |
| t | Toggle header/(θΏ½θ¨) t (θΏ½θ¨γγγΎγ§)itle display |
| ? | Toggle help view |
| / | Search text |
| j | Pager: next line |
| k | Pager: previous line |
| h | Pager: move left |
| l | Pager: move right |
| 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 |
Viddy can be used without any configuration. However, if you want to customize the keybindings or default behavior, you can do so.
Install your config file on $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/viddy.toml
On macOS, the path is ~/Library/Application\ Support/viddy.toml.
[general] no_shell = false shell = "zsh" shell_options = "" skip_empty_diffs = false disable_mouse = true [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" scroll_left = "h" scroll_right = "l" scroll_up = "k" scroll_down = "j" scroll_half_page_up = "Ctrl-u" scroll_half_page_down = "Ctrl-d" scroll_page_up = "Ctrl-b" scroll_page_down = "Ctrl-f" scroll_bottom_of_page = "Shift-g" scroll_top_of_page = "g g" [color] background = "white" # Default value is inherit from terminal color.
"viddy" is Nadsat word meaning to see. Nadsat is fictional argot of gangs in the violent book and movie "A Clockwork Orange".
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.