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 qdisc [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ema/qdisc.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ema/qdisc)
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-Package `qdisc` allows to get queuing discipline information via netlink,
+Package `qdisc` allows getting queuing discipline information via netlink,
 similarly to what `tc -s qdisc show` does.
 
 Example usage