As someone else pointed out, this definitely gets points for using sh/awk. Just ...

		version_five on Aug 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Simple tool for creating command-line bar... As someone else pointed out, this definitely gets points for using sh/awk. Just wanted to mention that gnuplot also has a "dumb" output option that will generate ascii plots in the terminal. Thay is usually my go-to for this use case.

+1 gnuplot is awesome

But this showHN project pretty cool too