More Debt Watching from the Command Line

Courtesy Linux Today  Thu, 08/13/2009 - 17:32

Linux Journal: "Those of you who watch our Tech Tip Videos may have seen my video on how to fetch the US National Debt at the command line.

The script contained here uses the idea I developed there and expands it to fetch the debt twice, with an optional pause in between, and then display the amount that the debt has increased during the pause."

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