| # 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(options) | 
 |  | 
 | 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' | 
 | ``` | 
 |  | 
 | ## Options | 
 |  | 
 | All options are optional. | 
 |  | 
 | * `replace` Set to a string to replace each character with the | 
 |   specified string when muted.  (So you can show `****` instead of the | 
 |   password, for example.) | 
 |  | 
 | * `prompt` If you are using a replacement char, and also using a | 
 |   prompt with a readline stream (as for a `Password: *****` input), | 
 |   then specify what the prompt is so that backspace will work | 
 |   properly.  Otherwise, pressing backspace will overwrite the prompt | 
 |   with the replacement character, which is weird. | 
 |  | 
 | ## 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. |