Ov

Use this skill when the user wants a modern terminal pager — view logs with follow mode, search incrementally, highlight matches, or display CSV/TSV in column mode instead of less or more.

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ov Plugin

Feature-rich terminal pager with column mode, incremental search, multicolor highlighting, and follow mode. A modern replacement for less and more.

Installation

go install github.com/noborus/ov@latest
# or
brew install noborus/tap/ov

Download binaries from GitHub Releases.

Basic Usage

# Page a file
ov large.log

# Pipe output
kubectl logs deployment/api | ov

# Follow logs (like tail -f)
ov --follow /var/log/syslog

# Column mode for CSV/TSV
ov --column-mode data.csv

Key Features

  • Incremental search (/) with highlight
  • Follow mode for live log streaming
  • Column mode for tabular data
  • Section headers and multicolor syntax
  • Mouse and keyboard navigation

Usage Examples

  • "Page this log file with search"
  • "Follow nginx access logs in real time"
  • "View this CSV in aligned columns"

SuperCLI

sc ov _ _ large.log
sc plugins learn ov

javimosch/supercli/tree/main/plugins/ov/skills/quickstart commit a3b8fc4fa4

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add javimosch/ov