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 $X
>
> How do I get my line feeds back?
Quote the variable. You don't need -e; echo "$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)
Cool. Thank you!