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+# mute-stream
+
+Bytes go in, but they don't come out (when muted).
+
+This is a basic pass-through stream, but when muted, the bytes are
+silently dropped, rather than being passed through.
+
+## Usage
+
+```javascript
+var MuteStream = require('mute-stream')
+
+var ms = new MuteStream
+
+ms.pipe(process.stdout)
+ms.write('foo') // writes 'foo' to stdout
+ms.mute()
+ms.write('bar') // does not write 'bar'
+ms.unmute()
+ms.write('baz') // writes 'baz' to stdout
+
+// can also be used to mute incoming data
+var ms = new MuteStream
+input.pipe(ms)
+
+ms.on('data', function (c) {
+  console.log('data: ' + c)
+})
+
+input.emit('data', 'foo') // logs 'foo'
+ms.mute()
+input.emit('data', 'bar') // does not log 'bar'
+ms.unmute()
+input.emit('data', 'baz') // logs 'baz'
+```
+
+## ms.mute()
+
+Set `muted` to `true`.  Turns `.write()` into a no-op.
+
+## ms.unmute()
+
+Set `muted` to `false`
+
+## ms.isTTY
+
+True if the pipe destination is a TTY, or if the incoming pipe source is
+a TTY.
+
+## Other stream methods...
+
+The other standard readable and writable stream methods are all
+available.  The MuteStream object acts as a facade to its pipe source
+and destination.