Pipe Show Live Preview

Preview content via streaming with a specified command.

Terminal

<command> | tv --preview '<preview_command>'

<command> | tv --preview '<preview_command>'

#!/bin/bash

# Pipe Show Live Preview
{{command}} | tv --preview '{{preview_command}}'

When To Use

When needing to visualize data without executing the full output.

Pro Tip

The preview can malform if output length exceeds 80 characters per line. Use `-w` for wrapping.

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

<command>: Base Command; The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Command before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<command>: command; The value supplied for command.
<preview_command>: preview command; The value supplied for preview command.
--preview: Command Option; Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

Alternative Approaches

Alternative documentation tools for the same job.