Subj : More...
To   : mark lewis
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Sun Jan 29 2017 11:57:46

Hi Mark,

>> This is what shortith should look like:

>> cat shortith

>> _`/"".-.     Light Snow
>> ,\_(   ).   21 - 28 #F
>> /(___(__)  ? 8 mph
>> *  *  *  9 mi
>> *  *  *   0.0 in

> i do get all of that except i also have ANSI sequences so the sun is yellow,
> the clouds are grey and the snow is white...

Yes, same here.

> instead of using awk, why don't you just use

> head -n 7 ithaca

That does work well, thanks :)  I am not sure though that head is going to work 
for all OS's that may be running bbbs.  I am pretty sure curl works for all 
though (I think <g>).

> or even

> head -n 7 ithaca | tail -n 6

> if you do not want the "Weather for City: Ithaca, United States of America"
> line?

I do, though I figured without it, it's not a problem to use a printf to put it 
there once I get this darn thing going Lol

Take care,
Janis

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