Use arrow keys to browse through your LND's forwarding history

browse_fwdinghistory.sh

#!/bin/bash

## change if necessary to point to your node
lncli="lncli --rpcserver localhost:10009"

function fwdinghistory() {
        $lncli fwdinghistory \
        --start_time=$start \
        --end_time=$end \
        --index_offset=$offset \
        --max_events=$events \
        | jq '.forwarding_events[].timestamp |= (. | tonumber | strftime("%F %T")) | 
        .total_event_count = '$offset' + (.forwarding_events | length) | 
        .forwarding_events[].amt_in |= (. | tonumber) | 
        .forwarding_events[].amt_out |= (. | tonumber)'
        
}

start=1
end=$(date +%s)
offset=0
events=6

nav_help="[ Use left and right arrow keys to navigate ]\n"

clear
echo -e "$nav_help"
fwdinghistory
while read -r -sn1 key; do
  case "$key" in
    # arrow right
    'C')
    let offset=offset+$events
    ;;
    # arrow left
    'D')
    let offset=offset-$events
    ;;
    'q') break
    ;;
  esac  
  clear 
  echo -e "$nav_help"
  fwdinghistory
done