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Bug 6564 - Add file name to output when using -q
Summary: Add file name to output when using -q
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LinkChecker
Classification: Unclassified
Component: checklink (show other bugs)
Version: 4.4
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
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: 382 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2009-02-12 10:19 UTC by Hans S. T
Modified: 2013-11-03 07:34 UTC (History)
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Description Hans S. T 2009-02-12 10:19:24 UTC
Running checkling -qr <URI>, it seems the report for the different URI it recurses through is separated with a line

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But there's no way to identify which URI a problem occured in.

This makes -q less useful, as you'd have to grep the broken link URIs in your entire collection of files to be able to find where it occurs.

I suggest prefixing the results for each URI with the actual URI, more similar to grep -R output.

This information would make -q a lot more useful for those of us who don't want to see all the download information, statements about what was completed, and so on, while at the same want to easily locate broken links we need to fix.
Comment 1 Ville Skyttä 2009-02-12 15:37:10 UTC
Yes, this has been on the TODO list for ages, and a bug 382 (although with quite terse information) has been open as a reminder to do that.
Comment 2 Ville Skyttä 2009-02-12 15:38:15 UTC
*** Bug 382 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Hans S. T 2009-02-12 15:51:53 UTC
Excellent!

Personally I'd like to see -q the default, giving absolutely no info if nothing is wrong, in the typical Unix style.