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rjaco31
4052 days ago
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
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nadams
4052 days ago
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.
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yeahdude
4052 days ago
From another perspective, hacking often involves making broken things work better.
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crdoconnor
4052 days ago
From yet another perspective: don't use broken tools.
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yeahdude
4052 days ago
I keep forgetting this one: don't offer help to complainers.
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crdoconnor
4052 days ago
If the help constitutes telling people about this wonderful new tool you've just discovered called grep, perhaps that's for the best.
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