Terminal dashboarding tricks

term-dash.md

Terminal Dashboard Notes

A few notes for creating a terminal-based dashboard

Example

function _dash_init () {
    tput civis
}

function dash_clock () {
    _dash_init
    while true; do 
        tput clear
        date +"%b %d %n%H : %M : %S" | figlet -f small
        sleep 1
    done
}

function dash_weather () {
    _dash_init
    while true; do 
        tput clear
        wego Seattle 1
        sleep 900 # 15 minutes
    done

Reference

Wigets

Dictionary

• Terminal dictionary: http://www.unixmen.com/look-dictionary-definitions-via-terminal/
• English dictionary word list: https://github.com/dwyl/english-words

Datetime Clock

while true; do tput clear; date +"%b %d %n%H : %M : %S" | figlet -f small; sleep 1; done

Weather

• https://github.com/schachmat/wego

while true; do tput clear; wego Seattle 1; sleep 900; done

Utility

Cursor

tput civis # Make invisible
tput cnorm # Make normal

Screen lock

• xtrlock - Lock without hiding the screen