Spark: Sparklines in your shell

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sparklines shell command-line-tool visualization open-source

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A command-line tool called Spark that provides sparkline visualizations in the shell, authored by Jason A. Donenfeld.

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# spark - ▁▂▃▅▂▇ in your shell. Source: [https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/about/](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/about/) [![cgit logo](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit.png)](http://www.zx2c4.com/)[index](https://git.zx2c4.com/):[spark](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/)▁▂▃▅▂▇ in your shell\.Jason A\. Donenfeld[about](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/about/)[summary](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/)[refs](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/refs/)[log](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/log/)[tree](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/tree/)[commit](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/commit/)[diff](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/diff/)[stats](https://git.zx2c4.com/spark/stats/)

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