Follow BitCoin exchange rates from your terminal.
btcl is a command-line interface for retrieving BitCoin prices from your terminal instantly. You may choose to receive the top market exchange rate or retrieve a single price quote with the exchange symbol from bitcoincharts.
$ btcl mtgoxUSD
847.0
Install via rubygems
$ gem install btcl
Install via Docker
$ docker build -t btcl github.com/jawerty/btcl
$ docker run btcl
Retrieve the prices from the top exchanges.
$ btcl
Quickly retrieve the ask price from a single exchange. The first argument is the symbol used on bitcoincharts.com (see all market symbols at bitcoincharts.com/markets/).
$ btcl mtgoxUSD
847.0
Get more prices.
$ btcl mtgoxUSD --verbose
or
$ btcl mtgoxUSD -v
If you would like to contact me for further information on the project, see the info below.
Email: jawerty210@gmail.com
Github: @jawerty
Twitter: @jawerty
Blog: http://jawerty.github.io