lukeburns / dat-pipe

stream hypercore feeds over stdin/stdout

dat-pipe

stream hypercore feeds over stdin/stdout

npm install -g dat-pipe

Usage

dat-pipe [<db-path>] [<private-key>]

  pipe stdin to feed <private-key> or to a new feed (and save feed to <db-path>) 

  --static, -s          create a static feed
  --read, -r            pipe feed to stdout
  --exit, -e            exit process when stdin ends

dat-pipe [<db-path>] <public-key>

  pipe feed <public-key> to stdout (and save feed to <db-path>) 

  --tail, -t            tail feed
  --exit, -e            exit process when download finishes

general options

  --format, -f          separate stdout into lines
  --log, -l             append public key to stdout or to a specified file
  --secret              include secret key in log if --log flag is set and secret key is available
  --help, -h            get this usage information
  --version, -v         get installed dat-pipe version

Examples

Write and replicate a static feed

echo 'hello world' | dat-pipe --static --log

Tail #dat over hyperirc and save to disk

dat-pipe irc.db 4e397d94d0f5df0e2268b2b7b23948b6dddfca66f91c2d452f404202e6d0f626 --start 6000 --format --tail

License

MIT