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Re:“grep -R doesn't automatically search amazon” by sadga on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @05:27PM (#4572756)
Put the ads on stderr
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Re:“grep -R doesn't automatically search amazon” by jlgreco on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @05:35PM (#4572798)
Why should polluting stderr be seen as any better than polluting stdout?
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Re:“grep -R doesn't automatically search amazon” by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @07:07PM (#4573235)
A lot of console apps dump extra data to stderr, sounds good to me. Especially because if you page the output in less the ads will stay on the screen after you're done :D
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Re:“grep -R doesn't automatically search amazon” by jlgreco on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @07:15PM (#4573271)
Well, aside from blowing the signal/noise ratio of stderr out of the water, I suppose it would be fairly entertaining at first to see log files get filled with advertisements.
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