Read file in chunks in bash

How to read a file in chunks. You can optionally specify the starting point and the chunk size.

#!/bin/bash

function read_file_in_chunks { # FILENAME [START_FROM_LINE] [CHUNK_SIZE]
   FILENAME="$1" && shift
   START_FROM_LINE="$1" && shift || START_FROM_LINE=1
   CHUNK_SIZE="$1" && shift || CHUNK_SIZE=10

   FILE_LINES=$(wc -l < "${FILENAME}")
   FILE_LINE=${START_FROM_LINE}

   while [[ ${FILE_LINE} -le ${FILE_LINES} ]]; do
       CHUNK ...

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in general · Thu 18 October 2018

Post from mobile

Just for fun.

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printf("Hello Enrico");

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Browser as notepad

From time to time I need to note something down, from a snippet of code to some lorem ipsum.

Of course I can open a text editor and paste the text there but is it worth it to keep another window around when I have already a browser open in ...

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