"Eddy Thilleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Wget sends its output to standard error. Why is that?
"It seemed like a good idea."
The rationale behind it is that Wget's "output" is not real output,
more a progress indication thingie. The real output is when you
specify `-O -', and that goes to stdout.
Francois Pinard once suggested that Wget prints its progress output to
stdout, except when `-O -' is specified, when progress should go to
stderr. This is a bit harder to document, but is much better at
meeting the users' expectations and not violating the Principle of
Least Surprise.
