README

README.md

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+# Kafkacat Statically Linked Executable
+
+x64 only, no SSL/SASL. If that's easy to add, PRs please.
+
+Can be downloaded and used directly, or…
+
+## Used through docker
+```bash
+docker rum --rm -i liftm/kafkacat -b gregor:9092 -L
+```
+
+## Installed in some other docker image
+
+```Dockerfile
+FROM liftm/kafkacat:1.4.0 as kafkacat
+FROM alpine
+COPY --from=kafkacat / /usr
+RUN $stuff
+```
+
+## You got a loicense for that?
+```bash
+# One way
+docker save liftm/kafkacat | tar xfO - manifest.json | jq -r '.[]|.Layers|.[]' | while read l; do docker save liftm/kafkacat | tar xfO - $l | tar xfO - share/doc/kafkacat-LICENSES.txt; done
+# Or another
+docker create --name liftm-kafkacat-license liftm/kafkacat; docker export liftm-kafkacat-license | tar xfO - share/doc/kafkacat-LICENSES.txt; docker rm liftm-kafkacat-license >/dev/null
+```