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



 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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