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brew install viddy v1.3.1 MIT

Modern watch command

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cli golang terminal tui watch

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Viddy\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"images/logo.png\" width=\"200\" alt=\"viddy\" title=\"viddy\" /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\nModern `watch` command.\n\nViddy well, gopher. Viddy well.\n\n## Demo\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"images/demo.gif\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"viddy\" title=\"viddy\" /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Features\n\n* Basic features of original watch command.\n    * Execute command periodically, and display the result.\n    * color output.\n    * diff highlight.\n* Time machine mode. \ud83d\ude0e\n    * Rewind like video.\n    * Go to the past, and back to the future.\n* Look back history.\n    * Save and load history.\n* See output in pager.\n* Vim like keymaps.\n* Search text.\n* Suspend and restart execution.\n* Support shell alias\n    * See detail https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/issues/2#issuecomment-904002053\n* Customize keymappings.\n* Customize color.\n\n## Install\n\n### Cargo\n\n```shell\ncargo install viddy\n```\n\n### [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)\n\n```shell\nbrew install viddy\n```\n\n### Linux\n\n```shell\nwget -O viddy.tar.gz https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases/download/v1.3.0/viddy-v1.3.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz \u0026\u0026 tar xvf viddy.tar.gz \u0026\u0026 mv viddy /usr/local/bin\n```\n\n### Other\n\nDownload from [release page](https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases).\n\n## Install with Other Package Managers (Community-Maintained)\n\n### [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org)\n\n```shell\nsudo port install viddy\n```\n\n### [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/)\n\nTo install Viddy on Windows, first install the Scoop package manager, and then run the commands below.\n\n**NOTE**: The git package is required in order to add additional Scoop \"buckets\".\n\n```\nscoop install git\nscoop bucket add extras\nscoop install extras/viddy\n```\n\n### ArchLinux ( AUR )\n\n```shell\nyay -S viddy\n```\nAlternatively you can use the [AUR Git repo](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/viddy/) directly\n\n### Alpine Linux\n\nAfter [enabling the community repository](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Enable_Community_Repository):\n\n```shell\napk add viddy\n```\n\n### [asdf version manager](https://asdf-vm.com)\n\n```shell\n",
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