Tried to write errors to stderr consistently in scripts

2025-12-01 12:20:02 +00:00 · 2023-11-04 20:54:00 -05:00
parent d0a6ef0c89
commit 1e4d4cfdcf
19 changed files with 82 additions and 52 deletions
--- a/scripts/tailpipe.py
+++ b/scripts/tailpipe.py
@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def main(path='-', *, lines=5, cat=False, sleep=None, keep_open=False):
            # don't just flood open calls
            time.sleep(sleep or 0.1)
    except FileNotFoundError as e:
-        print("error: file not found %r" % path)
+        print("error: file not found %r" % path,
+            file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(-1)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass