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by yeahdude 4005 days ago
grep -v
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if you have to make a dozen of grep to exclude trivial results, it might be a hint there's something wrong with the pertinence of your output or the customizability of your tool
I found most tools very verbose but I've yet to use a tool where it doesn't have the ability to exclude certain warnings.
From another perspective, hacking often involves making broken things work better.
From yet another perspective: don't use broken tools.
I keep forgetting this one: don't offer help to complainers.
If the help constitutes telling people about this wonderful new tool you've just discovered called grep, perhaps that's for the best.