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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28387230/use-gpsd-or-cgps-to-return-latitude-and-longitude-then-quit
+
+x=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f9|cut -d"," -f1)
+y=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f10|cut -d"," -f1)
+a=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f11|cut -d"," -f1)
+echo "$x $y $a"
+