but uuencode makes for fun: https://github.com/bnjf/compre.sh
$ for x in {0..999}
> do echo $((RANDOM%5))
> done | bar_chart.py -np
# each * represents a count of 8. total 1000
0 [ 193] ************************ (19.30%)
1 [ 200] ************************* (20.00%)
2 [ 209] ************************** (20.90%)
3 [ 193] ************************ (19.30%)
4 [ 205] ************************* (20.50%)
$
[^0]: https://github.com/bitly/data_hacks