Try this: url=`cat file` lynx $url or lynx "$url" On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 07:01:35AM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > I have a long ugly google url stored in a file. It's stored in a file > so if I find a browser that works with javascript and can take an url > from a file when the browser gets started and open that url for me I can > maybe get this done. The long ugly url is over 200 characters long > which is why I would like to avoid keying it all in. > > I just thought of something. This will even work with firefox but it's > only for us braille users who write braille on paper and have plenty of > paper. I could rewrite the url on paper so it's split into 5 character > groups and have commas separating each of the groups and as I key in > each group change the comma to a semicolon so I know that group already > got keyed in and move along to the next group. > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:36:40 > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: between google and firefox it's nearly impossible to get anything > > done! > > > > I am unsure what you are trying to accomplish, but have you tried e-links, or > > links the chain instead? > > Both browsers are included in Debian distributions of Linux. It may still > > require some extra compile work for e-links to use Javascript some, links the > > chain can do so, I am told as of about a month ago, even in DOS. > > Generally I have no issues using the Google services I need in lynx, but I am > > not doing anything with YouTube. > > Kare > > > > > > > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > > > I found out a few minutes ago it's not possible to do something like: > > > firefox < /home/jude/surf > > > Where /home/jude/surf has an ugly google url in it that cannot be > > > processed by > > > lynx since google and so very many other web sites love blocking what > > > doesn't use javascript. > > > I was going to get an authentication token on this box so I could use > > > youtube-viewer in a logged in state but that's not going to happen at all. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rudy Vener Website: http://www.rudyvener.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list