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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109765395645341902">Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jan-2023 17:01:41 JST</a><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon" title="simon@fedi.simonwillison.net"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/18625-48-20221108165340.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Simon Willison" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Simon Willison</a></section><article><p>ChatGPT is really useful to help design CLI tools. I wanted to add a new option that meant "fail with a non-zero exit code if the tool sees an HTTP 4xx or 5xx error", so I had a quick conversation with ChatGPT to come up with "--fail" as a good name for that option, consistent with other tools.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/1107652#notice-2408714">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-01-28T17:01:41+09:00" title="Saturday, 28-Jan-2023 17:01:41 JST">Saturday, 28-Jan-2023 17:01:41 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109765395645341902" rel="external" title="Sent from fedi.simonwillison.net via ActivityPub">fedi.simonwillison.net</a></span></span><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109765395645341902">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/659787">Me: What are some good names for an option for a CLI script which means "fail with a non-zero exit code if an HTTP error occurs"ChatGPT:    --fail-on-http-error    -e (for "error")    --stop-on-http-error    --exit-on-http-error    --http-fail    -H (for "HTTP")Me: Are there any commands like "curl" that have an option like this? List the commands and their optionsChatGPT:Yes, there are several commands like curl that have an option to fail with a non-zero exit code when an HTTP error occurs. Some examples include:    curl: -f, --fail    wget: --no-clobber    httpie: --fail    http (from httpie): --failThese commands also have --silent,--show-error, -S options which make them not output anything to stdout, these options also make them fail with a non-zero exit code if an HTTP error occurs.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/fedisimonwillisonnet/media_attachments/files/109/765/386/498/815/817/original/ed8de0c1de68ec89.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/fedisimonwillisonnet/media_attachments/files/109/765/386/498/815/817/original/ed8de0c1de68ec89.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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ChatGPT is really useful to help design CLI tools. I wanted to add a new option that meant "fail with a non-zero exit code if the tool sees an HTTP 4xx or 5xx error", so I had a quick conversation with ChatGPT to come up with "--fail" as a good name for that option, consistent with other tools.
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1. Me: What are some good names for an option for a CLI script which means "fail with a non-zero exit code if an HTTP error occurs" ChatGPT: --fail-on-http-error -e (for "error") --stop-on-http-error --exit-on-http-error --http-fail -H (for "HTTP") Me: Are there any commands like "curl" that have an option like this? List the commands and their options ChatGPT: Yes, there are several commands like curl that have an option to fail with a non-zero exit code when an HTTP error occurs. Some examples include: curl: -f, --fail wget: --no-clobber httpie: --fail http (from httpie): --fail These commands also have --silent,--show-error, -S options which make them not output anything to stdout, these options also make them fail with a non-zero exit code if an HTTP error occurs.
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