https://github.com/sigill/stout

Small utility to write to stdout and have a status line.
https://github.com/sigill/stout

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Small utility to write to stdout and have a status line.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sigill/stout
• Owner: Sigill
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-26T17:39:17.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-07-26T17:55:13.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-16T00:44:27.917Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Perl
• Size: 113 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# Stout

`stout` is a small utility written in perl that allow a program to write to stdout while having a permanent status line at the bottom.

Very useful when you have a script chaining several programs that writes a lot of things to stdout and you want to keep track of what is currently executing.

## Usage

```

Usage:  some_command_that_writes_to_stdout | stout 

```

## Example

```

$ ping localhost | stout "Pinging localhost"

PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms

64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.070 ms

64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.070 ms

...

[more lines will be written here]

...

Pinging localhost

```

## License

This script is released under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE.txt file for more details.