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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use AnyEvent;
+use AnyEvent::Handle;
+use AnyEvent::NSQ::Writer;
+
+my ($topic, $factor) = @ARGV;
+die "Usage: publisher.pl topic [msgs_per_call]\n" unless $topic;
+
+$factor = 1 unless $factor;
+
+my $cv = AE::cv;
+
+## Our Publisher
+my $r = AnyEvent::NSQ::Writer->new(
+  nsqd_tcp_addresses => '127.0.0.1',
+  client_id          => "${topic}_producer/pid_$$",
+
+  error_cb      => sub { warn "$_[1]\n" },
+  disconnect_cb => sub { warn "Got disconnected... exiting...\n"; $cv->send },
+);
+
+## Publish each input line
+my $hdl;
+$hdl = AnyEvent::Handle->new(fh => \*STDIN, on_error => sub { $r->disconnect; $hdl->destroy; undef $hdl });
+
+my $c = 1;
+my @readline;
+@readline = (
+  line => sub {
+    my $line = $_[1];
+    chomp($line);
+    return unless length($line);
+
+    $r->publish($topic, "$c: $line");
+    $c++;
+    $_[0]->push_read(@readline);
+  }
+);
+$hdl->push_read(@readline);
+
+if (-t \*STDOUT) {
+  print "Type lines, <enter> to publish";
+  print " (multiplication factor $factor)" if $factor > 1;
+  print ", type Ctrl-D to end:\n";
+}
+
+$cv->recv;