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    Learn a scripting language like Python, Ruby, maybe even PERL, so that you don't have to force the shell to do everything for you. You can even get Javascript (Rhino) to run on a UNIX system and almost everyone needs to know some Javascript. Commented Feb 4, 2011 at 3:17
  • From where does these values come? It would be more efficient to parse the latitude and longitude values out from the original source than adding an extra step by putting them in a bash variable. Commented Mar 18, 2019 at 9:40