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Because it's currently 511 lines. Why would I want to scroll up to see the stuff I care about? Don't you want the relevant stuff to be right there in front of you?


I do and that's why I pipe the output to `head -n 20` or use `LIMIT 20` in SQL.

That aside, this is a good script you're running. Thanks.


But maybe you decide you want to see more. It makes perfect sense for a cli tool to output the most interesting piece of info last: then you can decide on the fly whether you want to scroll up or not.


Thank you, that makes a lot of sense.




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