Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?)

From	Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?)
Date	2023-10-24 00:20 +0200
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 Thank you very much, Greg!
 Since ".description" is constant (an extension used by youtube) I chose to go:
 ydx=".description"
 ydxL=${#ydx}
 ...
 yut=${yl:-${ydxL}}
...
 where yl is the line read in in the way you suggested.
 lbrtchx

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can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-10-22 18:40 +0200
  Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-22 19:10 +0200
    Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-22 19:50 +0200
      Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-10-22 23:00 +0200
        Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-10-22 23:20 +0200
          Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-23 00:30 +0200
            Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-10-23 03:40 +0200
              Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-23 04:20 +0200
                Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-10-23 06:50 +0200
                Shell-script variable name case [WAS: Re: can you parse and "tail" at  once? (and if you can't why not?)] David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2023-10-23 16:00 +0200
              Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-10-23 22:10 +0200
        Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> - 2023-10-23 04:50 +0200
  Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2023-10-22 19:50 +0200
  Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-10-22 20:00 +0200
  Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org> - 2023-10-23 10:00 +0200
    Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-23 14:20 +0200
      Re: can you parse and "tail" at once? (and if you can't why not?) Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-10-24 00:20 +0200

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