MImimimi31·Apr 15, 2021
That sounds a lot like what maybe[1] does.
[1] https://github.com/p-e-w/maybe
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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7 sourcesThat's maybe: https://github.com/p-e-w/maybe
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https://github.com/p-e-w/maybe
In Curl to shell isn't so badMaybe: See what a program does before deciding if you really want it to happen
1 points · Open discussionMaybe: run a command, see what it does to your files without actually doing it
515 points · Open discussionMaybe: See what a command does before deciding whether you want it to happen
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