On 1/20/22 13:42, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 19Jan2022 20:32, ToddAndMargo wrote:
into a variable
X=$(curl -s ipinfo.io -o -)
That is robust (well, it loses trailing whitespace).
But I lose all my line feeds when I
echo -e $X
How do I get my line feeds back?
Quotes.
echo -e
On 19Jan2022 20:32, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>into a variable
>
>X=$(curl -s ipinfo.io -o -)
That is robust (well, it loses trailing whitespace).
>But I lose all my line feeds when I
>echo -e $X
>How do I get my line feeds back?
Quotes.
echo -e "$X"
Unquoted it is broken into "words" o
On 1/19/22 21:59, Todd Zullinger wrote:
ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
I am trying to get
curl -s ipinfo.io -o -
into a variable
X=$(curl -s ipinfo.io -o -)
But I lose all my line feeds when I
echo -e $X
How do I get my line feeds back?
Quote the variable. You don't need -
ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> I am trying to get
>
> curl -s ipinfo.io -o -
>
> into a variable
>
> X=$(curl -s ipinfo.io -o -)
>
> But I lose all my line feeds when I
>
> echo -e $X
>
> How do I get my line feeds back?
Quote the variable. You don't need -e; echo "$X" works.
Hi All,
I am trying to get
curl -s ipinfo.io -o -
into a variable
X=$(curl -s ipinfo.io -o -)
But I lose all my line feeds when I
echo -e $X
How do I get my line feeds back?
Many thanks,
-T
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