Add a rate-limiting example.

2024-12-11 21:40:08 +00:00
parent 5efd4d045f
commit 2a93e33d38
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@@ -558,6 +558,15 @@ pv \-\-watchfd 1234
 .EE
 .in
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+Rate-limiting the transfer between two processes in a pipeline, with no
+display:
+.PP
+.in +4
+.EX
+producer | pv \-\-quiet \-\-rate\-limit 1M | consumer
+.EE
+.in
+.PP
 Sending logs to a processing script, showing the most recent line as part of
 the progress display:
 .PP
@@ -554,6 +554,11 @@ process 1234:

    pv --watchfd 1234

+Rate-limiting the transfer between two processes in a pipeline, with no
+display:
+
+    producer | pv --quiet --rate-limit 1M | consumer
+
 Sending logs to a processing script, showing the most recent line as
 part of the progress display: