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1. How to install Coinmon on Linux
2. How to use Coinmon on Linux to access the list of major cryptocurrencies

There is currently a topic that has everyone talking about the financial world, and many people, and it is the topic of bitcoin. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that has taken a fairly wide boom since its inception to reach levels that currently exceed USD 16,000 and has already made a foray into the stock market, which is a new step in this important virtual currency..

Today we will not talk about how to invest or earn with bitcoin but if we will make an analysis on how to see the opening or closing prices of this currency directly from the terminal in Linux, if in the console, remember that we have the opportunity to execute thousands of commands useful in Linux to get the most out of the distribution used.

For this case we will use a utility called Coinmon, which has been developed to allow us to check the prices of cryptocurrencies, as well as their changes directly in the console, this is useful if we like the Forex world or if we plan to invest in these types of currencies ..

All real-time results are loaded from the coinmarketcap.com APIs.

Some of its features are
  • New redesign
  • It has the ability to refresh itself every certain time to display the new values
  • Coin detail
  • Price table included

1. How to install Coinmon on Linux

Step 1

The installation and use of Coinmon requires that we have Node version 6.0.0 or higher. To install Node in Ubuntu, Debian or Mint distributions, we can execute the following command:
 sudo apt-get install nodejs 

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Step 2

There we enter the letter S to confirm the download and installation of the respective packages. For other distributions, we must use the package manager yum, dnf or pacman.

Later we will execute the following command:

 sudo apt-get install npm 

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Step 3

Enter the letter S to continue the process. With these commands executed, we now proceed to install the Coinmon price checking utility, for this we will execute the following line:
 sudo npm install -g coinmon 

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Step 4

Another alternative for Coinmon installation is to enter and run each of the following lines in your order:
 git clone https://github.com/bichenkk/coinmon.git cd coinmon yarn npm install -g npm link coinmon 

2. How to use Coinmon on Linux to access the list of major cryptocurrencies

Step 1

Once we complete the application installation process, we can run the coinmon line to access a list of the top 10 cryptocurrencies, sorted based on their market label:
 coinmon 

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There we can see that in the first place is bitcoin thanks to its volatility in the currency market. Coinmon allows us to perform specific currency searches to access much more direct results..

We can use the parameters -co -convert with the respective currency symbol, to see its conversion to another type of currency, with Coinmon the accepted currencies are: AUD, BRL, CAD, CHF, CLP, CNY, CZK, DKK, EUR , GBP, HKD, HUF, IDR, ILS, INR, JPY, KRW, MXN, MYR, NOK, NZD, PHP, PKR, PLN, RUB, SEK, SGD, THB, TRY, TWD, ZAR and USD.

Step 2

For example, if we want to see the value of these cryptocurrencies in Euros, we will execute the following line:
 coinmon -c eur 
The result will be as follows:

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Step 3

Another option when using Coinmon, is to find the main digital currencies, indicating the amount, classified by their market capitalization, this is practical for comparative tables, for this information we can use -to -top:
 coinmon -t 15 
In this case we will see the 15 main cryptocurrencies:

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Step 4

We can use the -fo –find parameter to find the details of a particular currency, for example, to know about bitcoin we execute the following:
 coinmon -f btc 

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Step 5

To get Coinmon's help, we will execute the following line:
 coinmon -h 

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In this way we have a practical tool to know in real time the value of each most outstanding cryptocurrency in the financial world.


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