NAME

App::achart - A program to print ASCII charts in the terminal

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
# Read a number from stdin
$ perl -E'while (sleep 1) { $|=1; say 10 + 200 * rand }' | achart
# Read multiple numbers from stdin
# echo "x=10,y=42;z=23" | achart
# Run a program that output rows of numbers
$ achart --program "perl -lE'say x=>int 100*rand; say y=>100+int 50*rand'"
# Example environment variables
ACHART_BAR_CHAR="-";
ACHART_COLORS="green,green-on_black,red-on_black";
            
          

DESCRIPTION

App::achart is a program that produces colorful ASCII-based bar charts.

            

              
              
$ achart --program "perl -lE'say x=>int 100*rand; say y=>100+int 50*rand'"
09:16:56 x  56 ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎
09:16:56 y 140 ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎
09:16:57 x  22 ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎
09:16:57 y 141 ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎
            
          

AUTHOR

Jan Henning Thorsen

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C), Jan Henning Thorsen

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.