See also: https://github.com/prof7bit/goxtool

Here's a CLI as well which is specific for coinbase. In addition to viewing rates it will also let you buy/sell/transfer and more. https://github.com/rdegges/btc/

Shameless plug: I have also implemented something similar in Ruby using the Curses module:

https://github.com/penberg/btct

Maybe it's not my place to say but the tabbing made the code hard for me to read. I'm learning Ruby and have always been told to use 2 spaces. Are tabs ok too?

This is a very old debate:

* https://www.google.com/search?q=tabs+vs+spaces

Different languages have different conventions, but it ultimately comes down to developer preference.

Sorry about that. The way I setup Sublime Text, the tabs don't appear to be very large but when I push to github, its way too big. I made some changes that should make it better to read.

Its been a long time since I wrote Ruby code, but if I recall correctly I believe the community is overwhelmingly in favour of 2 spaces as opposed to tabs.

Looks great. One feature that would be appealing to me is real-time price updates when the change and in indication of whether the price increased or decreased.

Thanks. I agree, that would be a great feature, I will try to implement that.

I just input the exchange prices I want into xsetroot (in a script), which makes them appear next to the time on my status bar (in dwm).

Any chance that you can add all exchanges with significant volume? (hint: China has more than one exchange)

needs currency conversion option.. so I can display all the markets in one currency, and perhaps an formatted output option (like json)