On 2017 Jan 28 21:37:38, you wrote to All:

 JK> This is what shortith should look like:

 JK> cat shortith

 JK>   _`/"".-.     Light Snow
 JK>    ,\_(   ).   21 - 28 °F
 JK>     /(___(__)  ? 8 mph
 JK>       *  *  *  9 mi
 JK>      *  *  *   0.0 in

i do get all of that except i also have ANSI sequences so the sun is yellow,
the clouds are grey and the snow is white...

instead of using awk, why don't you just use

  head -n 7 ithaca

or even

  head -n 7 ithaca | tail -n 6

if you do not want the "Weather for City: Ithaca, United States of America"
line?

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