# Read numbers from stdin and display a realtime plot

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-numbers-from-stdin-and-display-a-realtime-plot/48943
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, plotting
**Created:** [October 24, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-numbers-from-stdin-and-display-a-realtime-plot/48943 "2020-10-24T16:05:27Z")
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### Author: ![NightMachinary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nightmachinary/32/14196_2.png) [@NightMachinary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NightMachinary)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-numbers-from-stdin-and-display-a-realtime-plot/48943/1 "2020-10-24T16:05:27Z")

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I want to read streaming numbers from stdin, and create a plot from them (x being the line number and y the number itself) which updates itself as new data is available. What’s the best approach here? (I also don’t want Makie because it’s buggy on macOS.)