# 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 `*`).

Based from [ticker.sh](https://github.com/pstadler/ticker.sh)

![ticker.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pstadler/ticker.sh/master/screenshot.png)



![stocks.sh](https://gitea.maboiteverte.fr/shell/stocks_mbv/raw/branch/master/screenshot.jpg)

![stocks.sh](https://gitea.maboiteverte.fr/shell/stocks_mbv/src/commit/c8e904fa4e3594ab8f878565faf61062d6401e6f/screenshot.jpg)

## 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
```