tickwatch
=========

Demo
----

```terminal
❯ tickwatch --max=100000 --change=/sys/class/net/enp2s0/statistics/rx_packets
2024-11-24 22:43+0100 ..............._______▁_______▁___▁__▁▁▁_____▁_▁___▂______▂_
2024-11-24 22:44+0100 _______▁___▁_____▂_____________________▂▃▂▅▆▆▂▂▄▄▄▅▇▇▇▆▆▆▇▇▇
2024-11-24 22:45+0100 ▇▆▆▆▆▆▆▆▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇_____▂___________▁_________________▁___▅
2024-11-24 22:46+0100 ___▃__▃▁▂▄▅▅__________▁__▁▃_▆▂______▁______▂▅_▂________▂▅_▂_
2024-11-24 22:47+0100 ▁▆__▁▁▁▄▆▂_▁▅▁▂▁__________▂_▁▂▂▄_▁_▁▁▁___▁▁▁_____▁______▁___
2024-11-24 22:48+0100 ▂_______▁___▁___▁___▁___▁▂▂_▃▁_▅▂▁▂▁▁▁▂▂▁_▃▁_▂▂▃▁______▁_▂_▂
2024-11-24 22:49+0100 ▅▁_▁__▂_▁▅▄__▃▂___▂___▁___▁_______▁___▁_____▁_▁________▁___▂
```


CLI usage
---------

```helptext
tickwatch: A monitoring and visualization tool

Usage: tickwatch [OPTIONS]

Monitor options:
  --ping=HOST         Monitor ping latency to specified IP or hostname
                      Prefix hostname with 4/ or 6/ to force IP version
  --value=PATH        Monitor a sysfs file's value
  --change=PATH       Monitor changes in a sysfs file's value

Display options:
  --scale=CHOICE      Set scaling method for values
                      Choices: log2 (default), log10, ln, linear
  --symbols=CHOICE    Set output symbol set
                      Choices: unicode (default), numeric
  --min=VALUE         Set minimum value for scaling (default: 0)
  --max=VALUE         Set maximum value for scaling (default: 1000)

Other options:
  --help, -h          Display this help message
  --version, -v       Display the version

Examples:
  tickwatch --ping=6/euxane.net

  tickwatch --scale=linear --max=50000 \
    --value=/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp

  tickwatch --max=100000 \
    --change=/sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_packets
```


Development commands
--------------------

* Enter the development shell: `nix develop`
* Run tests in loop: `watchexec -cclear -r nim r -d:test main.nim`
* Build executable: `nim c -d:release main.nim`


Copyright and Licence
---------------------

Copyright 2024 Euxane TRAN-GIRARD.

This code is published under the terms of the European Union Public Licence,
version 1.2. See `licence.txt`.