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256 points zoidb | 2 comments | 08 Dec 25 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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blenderob ◴[08 Dec 25 12:18 UTC] No.46191398[source]▶
Looks nice but it's rejecting valid commands as incorrect. Like when it told me to search for "laugh" I ran

  grep laugh *
There's only one file in the directory. So that's a correct answer but the game wants me to run

  grep laugh night-before-christmas.txt
It's like those weird interviewers who have a specific answer in mind and they'll accept nothing other than the answer they have in mind.
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charlie-83 ◴[08 Dec 25 13:13 UTC] No.46191811[source]▶
`grep laugh *` worked for me
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blenderob ◴[08 Dec 25 13:28 UTC] No.46191986[source]▶
I tried again to see if they fixed it. No it still doesn't work. You'll get the output but look closer.

  Output does not match expected lines - try again
So you can't move on to the next level.
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szszrk ◴[08 Dec 25 13:41 UTC] No.46192103[source]▶
they must have fixed it. Works for me, including new sessions on separate browser.
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blenderob ◴[08 Dec 25 14:00 UTC] No.46192295[source]▶
Still doesn't work for me in a new session separate browser. I get the output but I also get this message

  Output does not match expected lines - try again
Does it give you the clue for the next level? Can you or someone else share a screenshot or something so I can compare to find out what I'm missing?
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1. szszrk ◴[08 Dec 25 14:05 UTC] No.46192336[source]▶
For clean session it goes to the next level.

There is some mess if you already finished the thing, and then use url to particular level on a clean session. For me it looked like I am on level 2, but site expected answers to 1.

When I start from scratch with proper link (main page) simple:

grep laugh *

works

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2. blenderob ◴[08 Dec 25 14:38 UTC] No.46192706[source]▶
Worked. Thanks!