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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..442ac76 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +## What is `pw`? + +`pw` stands for Pipe Watch. Pipe-Watch is a new monitoring utility for +Unix-like systems, developed starting in April 2022. + +`pw` can monitor anything that produces output. `tail -f /var/logfile`, +`tcpdump`, you name it. In particular, it's suitable when the output +is spewing at a fast rate. + +`pw` does not show you everything. Of course, it reads all the data, but it +does that in the background. It continuously pumps lines of input through a +small FIFO buffer. This buffer is sampled, and displayed. When the sampling +occurs is controlled in various ways. + +## Documentation + +The [`pw` man page](../tree/pw.1) has all the usage details. + +## Demo Video + +<div style="padding:75% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/705257869?h=7e8d85a3c2&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="pipewatch-gnome-strace.mp4"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script> |