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limit stream of bytes

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Stephen McQuay (smcquay) 04e200eb54 Uses multi-stage builds to create images follows along here loosely: https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/multistage-build/ https://blog.alexellis.io/mutli-stage-docker-builds/		2018-04-17 16:52:21 -07:00
vendor/github.com/dustin/go-humanize	vendor deps	2016-08-22 18:31:51 -07:00
.gitignore	implements builder pattern for lim	2018-04-17 12:25:39 -07:00
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license.txt	init	2016-08-22 18:25:31 -07:00
main.go	init	2016-08-22 18:25:31 -07:00
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readme.md

lim

this is a simple cli to limit a stream of bytes by a certain number.

installation

use go get to install:

go get mcquay.me/lim

example usage

if you install the trash utility:

go install mcquay.me/trash

then pipe its output:

$ trash | lim > trash.dat
$ ls -lah trash.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 sm  staff   1.0M Aug 22 18:28 trash.dat

$ trash | lim 1gi > trash.dat
$ ls -lah trash.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 sm  staff   1.0G Aug 22 18:28 trash.dat