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+# stocks.sh
+
+> Real-time stock tickers from the command-line.
+
+`stocks.sh` is a simple shell script using the Yahoo Finance API as a data source. It features colored output and is able to display pre- and post-market prices (denoted with `*`).
+
+![ticker.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pstadler/ticker.sh/master/screenshot.png)
+
+## Install
+
+```sh
+$ curl -o ticker.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pstadler/ticker.sh/master/ticker.sh
+```
+
+## Requirements
+
+-  [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/), a versatile command-line JSON processor.
+- [yq](https://github.com/kislyuk/yq), a versatile command-line YAML processor (Python version).
+
+## Usage
+
+```sh
+# Single symbol:
+$ ./ticker.sh AAPL
+
+# Multiple symbols:
+$ ./ticker.sh AAPL MSFT GOOG BTC-USD
+
+# Read from file:
+$ echo "AAPL MSFT GOOG BTC-USD" > ~/.ticker.conf
+$ ./ticker.sh $(cat ~/.ticker.conf)
+
+# Use different colors:
+$ COLOR_BOLD="\e[38;5;248m" \
+  COLOR_GREEN="\e[38;5;154m" \
+  COLOR_RED="\e[38;5;202m" \
+  ./ticker.sh AAPL
+
+# Disable colors:
+$ NO_COLOR=1 ./ticker.sh AAPL
+
+# Update every five seconds:
+$ watch -n 5 -t -c ./ticker.sh AAPL MSFT GOOG BTC-USD
+# Or if `watch` is not available:
+$ while true; do clear; ./ticker.sh AAPL MSFT GOOG BTC-USD; sleep 5; done
+```
+
+
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