On 2017 Jan 28 21:37:38, you wrote to All:   
      
    JK> This is what shortith should look like:   
      
    JK> cat shortith   
      
    JK>   _`/"".-.     Light Snow   
    JK>    ,\_(   ).   21 - 28 °F   
    JK>     /(___(__)  ? 8 mph   
    JK>       *  *  *  9 mi   
    JK>      *  *  *   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...   
      
   instead of using awk, why don't you just use   
      
     head -n 7 ithaca   
      
   or even   
      
     head -n 7 ithaca | tail -n 6   
      
   if you do not want the "Weather for City: Ithaca, United States of America"   
   line?   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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   wrong...   
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