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