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+# traffic-relay
+
+Relays the traffic from an Logfile to another server.
+
+Usage:
+
+```sh
+ssh live.example.com tail -f /var/log/webserver.log \
+  | ssh new.example.com ./traffic-relay --base-url https://example.com --column 12
+```