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.
But with JSON data being returned, it would seemingly make
more sense to parse the data and extract what you want:
ipinfo=$(curl -s ipinfo.io)
city=$(jq -r .city <<<$ipinfo)
or just:
city=$(curl -s ipinfo.io | jq -r .city)
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Todd
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