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commit 74e3a7e1a9e9f2b24964403f2c2b75e1ddda3053
Author: epoch 
Date:   Sun Nov 14 04:30:12 2021 +0000

    xclip sometimes outputs an error if there is nothing to use in the buffer. nulling it so /real/ errors are easier to spot

diff --git a/urilaunch b/urilaunch

--- a/urilaunch
+++ b/urilaunch
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #uristart.log /should/ already be uniq'd because of uristart's code now, but might as well not rely on it.
 #you'll probably want to change my gopher-get line to be something useful to you.
+
+### xclip can return nothing and just error out sometimes with:
+### Error: target STRING not available
+
 exec copy_start_nevermind.sh \
   "$(cat \
-      <(printf "%s\n" "$(xclip -o | head -n1)") \
-      <(printf "%s\n" "$(xclip -o -selection clipboard | head -n1)") \
+      <(printf "%s\n" "$(xclip -o 2>/dev/null | head -n1)") \
+      <(printf "%s\n" "$(xclip -o -selection clipboard 2>/dev/null | head -n1)") \
       <(xdotool getwindowfocus | xargs xwindowURI) \
       <(printf "\n") \
       <(gopher-get gopher://batou/0/links.txt) \

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