2016/04/20
distribution: histograms in the terminal
My new favorite tool is a python program called distribution that can easily show histograms in your terminal:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | $ cd /usr/share/dict $ cut -c 1 < words | distribution --char=# --width=60 Key|Ct (Pct) Histogram s|22759 (9.65%) ############################################ p|22171 (9.40%) ########################################## c|17406 (7.38%) ################################# u|16179 (6.86%) ############################### a|14537 (6.16%) ############################ t|11389 (4.83%) ###################### m|10709 (4.54%) ##################### d| 9946 (4.22%) ################### b| 9675 (4.10%) ################### r| 8955 (3.80%) ################# i| 8303 (3.52%) ################ h| 7889 (3.34%) ############### e| 7818 (3.31%) ############### o| 7219 (3.06%) ############## f| 6382 (2.71%) ############# |
I used homebrew to install it, but you can see some usage examples and a few other tools on this stackoverflow page. I eagerly anticipate showing off some histograms to people.
distribution: histograms in the terminal is original content from devolve.
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Charlie Herron
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