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pingskiller
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Use as a node module: npm i --save pingskiller
or clone the repo:
git clone git+ssh://git@github.com/dhigginbotham/pingskiller.git && \
cd pingskiller/ && \
npm i && \
chmod +x bin/pingskiller && \
bin/pingskiller -h
Usage: bin/pingskiller [options]
Options:
--firstname, -f first name of friend [required]
--lastname, -l last name of friend [required]
--email, -e email of friend [required]
--help, -h Show help [boolean]
Examples:
bin/pingskiller -f Ricky -l Bobby -e rbobby@edify.com
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The npm package pingskiller receives a total of 9 weekly downloads. As such, pingskiller popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that pingskiller demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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