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PIPEWORKS

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NAME

pipeworks - measure and control data flowing through a pipeline

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

pipeworks writes it's standard input to it's standard output at an optional rate limit, calculating and reporting throughput to stderr.

All size values are in bytes. Additional values can be specified by using the appropriate suffix. The following values are supported (case insensitive) b - bytes, k - kilobytes, m - megabytes, g - gigabytes, t - terabytes, p - petabytes, e - exabytes, z - zettabytes, y - yottabytes

All time values are in seconds. Additional values can be specified by using the appropriate suffix. The following values are supported (case sensitive) s - seconds, m - minutes, h - hours, d - days, w - weeks, M - months, Y - years

Defaults: Blocksize=1M, limit=off

FLAGS

-l rate, --limit=rate: Sets the rate (measured in rate per second) at which to limit the flow of data. All size values applicable.
-b block_size, --block-size=blocksize: Sets the blocksize of all I/O. All size values applicable.
-i interval, --interval=interval: Sets the interval at which throughput calculations are performed and displayed. All time values applicable.
-v, --verbose: Enables verbose messages.
-q, --quiet: Suppresses all messages.
-V, --version: Displays pipworks version information.
-h, --help: Displays help message with usage syntax.

Time: 05:58:41 GMT, May 09, 2003