TWTXT=""
 48 twtxt() {
 49     tail -5 /srv/codevoid-gopher/tw.txt | while read -r TXT
 50     do
 51         TXT=$(printf "$TXT" | sed 's/@<\([^ ]*\)[^\>]*>/@\1/g')             # collapse mentions
 52         DAT=$(printf "$TXT" | sed 's/\(....-..-..\)T\(..:..\).*/\1/g')      # extract date
 53         TIM=$(printf "$TXT" | sed 's/\(....-..-..\)T\(..:..\).*/\2/g')      # extract time
 54         TXT=$(printf "$TXT" | cut -d"▸  " -f2-)                             # extract text
 55         TXT=$(printf "$TXT" | sed 's/%/%%/g;s/|/\\|/g')                     # fixes
 56         TXT=$(printf "$TXT" | sed -r 's/(^.{49}).*/\1…/')                   # truncate
 57         pad "$TXT"
 58         TWTXT="[1| * $TXT $pad $DAT @ $TIM|/q=/1/tw?$DAT$TIM|server|port]\n"
 59         printf "$TWTXT" #FILLED HERE
 60         export TWTXT
 61     done
 62     printf "$TWTXT" # EMPTY HERE
 63 }
 64 twtxt
 65 printf "$TWTXT" # EMPTY HERE