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+## Paw
+
+Paw is a Rust library for monitoring and controlling child processes. It provides a simple API for spawning processes, reading their output, and getting their memory and CPU usage.
+
+### Usage
+
+To use Paw, first create a new instance of the `Paw` struct. You can specify the command to run, the arguments to pass to the command, and the duration to monitor the process for.
+
+Once you have a `Paw` instance, you can call the `watch()` method to start monitoring the process. The `watch()` method takes a callback function as an argument. The callback function will be called periodically with the current state of the process.
+
+The `PawResult` struct contains the following information about the process:
+
+- `info`: Information about the process, such as its memory usage, CPU usage, and uptime.
+- `process`: Information about the process command, such as the command name and arguments.
+
+The `PawDone` struct contains the following information about the process:
+
+- `stdout`: The standard output of the process.
+- `code`: The exit code of the process.
+
+### Example
+
+The following example shows how to use Paw to monitor a Node.js process:
+
+```rust
+use paw::{Paw, PawResult};
+
+let paw = Paw::new("node", &["tests/test.js"], 500);
+let callback = move |result: PawResult| {
+  println!("{:?}", result);
+};
+
+match paw.watch(callback) {
+  Ok(result) => println!("{:?}", result),
+  Err(error) => println!("{error}"),
+}
+```
+
+### Running the tests
+
+To run the tests, simply run the following command:
+
+```
+cargo test
+```
+
+### Contributing
+
+If you would like to contribute to Paw, please feel free to open an issue or pull request on GitHub.