.TH SHARDZ 1 "2025" "shardz 1.0.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
shardz \- shard the output of any process for distributed processing
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B some_command
.RI "|"
.B shardz
.I INDEX/TOTAL
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B shardz
is a lightweight utility that shards (splits) the output of any process for distributed processing.
It allows you to easily distribute workloads across multiple processes or machines by splitting
input streams into evenly distributed chunks.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I INDEX/TOTAL
INDEX is the shard number (starting from 1), and TOTAL is the total number of shards.
.SH EXAMPLES
Machine number 1 would run:
.PP
.nf
curl https://example.com/large_file.txt | shardz 1/3
.fi
.PP
Machine number 2 would run:
.PP
.nf
curl https://example.com/large_file.txt | shardz 2/3
.fi
.SH AUTHOR
Written by acidvegas <acid.vegas@acid.vegas>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2025 acidvegas
.br
Licensed under the ISC License.