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Stdout or stderr
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lilyanavidenova
October 1, 2020, 12:08pm
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stdout
Where structured output goes.
stderr
Where all messages go. If not piped, provide abundant helpful, human-readable messages.
In general
Aim to provide useful output on every command, in the appropriate output stream.
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