Bitcoin bash script (Bash script price ticker)

In this post, i will show you how to create your own Bitcoin price ticker, in 3 different currencies. It's a bash script so this tutorial is mainly intended for Linux users.

This script uses the coinsdesk api but after giving the result, it goes back to prompt right away. What i wanted was a script that didn't go back to prompt but would refresh the price every 5 seconds. I also wanted to have the price not only in US dollars but also in Euro and Great Britain Pound. So here's how to achieve this.A while back, i was browsing the web to find a bash script that gave the price of Bitcoin instantly. I did find one created by David Walsh. https://davidwalsh.name/bitcoin

Open terminal and type the following:

nano btc.sh

Then, go to my github. ~~~ embed:1851b5693b338d4365d8#file-coindesk-sh gist metadata:dGVrbG9yZHovMTg1MWI1NjkzYjMzOGQ0MzY1ZDgjZmlsZS1jb2luZGVzay1zaA== ~~~
copy the code and paste in terminal.
Next, save the script with Ctrl + x then y then press enter. You must now make it executable with the following:
chmod +x btc.sh

Now you can launch the script and it will refresh (restart) every 5 seconds. Just type ./btc.sh in terminal and the script will start. You can reduce the size of your terminal window and leave it in a corner of your screen and have instant access to the average price of Bitcoin.

Hope you liked this tutorial. Have a great day everyone!