From 0a225ac847f3a9bbf521b8ca646bfda41d1bad19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Dugan <jdugan6240@vivaldi.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:30:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Cat implementation now uses chunk reading

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 4 ++++
 nature/commands/cat.lua | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b52101a..6eb5beb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # 🎀 Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+### Added
+- `cat` command now reads files in chunks, allowing for reading large files
+
 ## [2.2.2] - 2024-04-16
 ### Fixed
 - Line refresh fixes (less flicker)
diff --git a/nature/commands/cat.lua b/nature/commands/cat.lua
index 06df507..34ebbb8 100644
--- a/nature/commands/cat.lua
+++ b/nature/commands/cat.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ commander.register('cat', function(args, sinks)
 usage: cat [file]...]]
 	end
 
+	local chunk_size = 2^13 -- 8K buffer size
+
 	for _, fName in ipairs(args) do
 		local f = io.open(fName)
 		if f == nil then
@@ -17,7 +19,12 @@ usage: cat [file]...]]
 			goto continue
 		end
 
-		sinks.out:writeln(f:read '*a')
+		while true do
+			local block = f:read(chunk_size)
+			if not block then break end
+			sinks.out:write(block)
+		end
+		sinks.out:writeln("")
 		::continue::
 	end
 	io.flush()