Re: bash line feeds in a variable problem

2022-01-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
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

Re: bash line feeds in a variable problem

2022-01-20 Thread Cameron Simpson
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

Re: bash line feeds in a variable problem

2022-01-20 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
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 -

Re: bash line feeds in a variable problem

2022-01-19 Thread Todd Zullinger
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.

bash line feeds in a variable problem

2022-01-19 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
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 -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They ma