between google and firefox it's nearly impossible to get anything done!

[Linux for blind general discussion]

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.

How about:

firefox `cat /home/jude/surf`

Though you may need to do:

firefox "`cat /home/jude/surf`"

to avoid problems with the shell.

HTH,
Geoff.