# ---- Low level execution helpers ----

die() { echo -e "$@" ; exit 1 ; } # error_message

q() { "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; } # cmd [args...]  # quiet a command

gcurl() { # [args...]
    curl --silent --user 'admin:secret' "$@" | sed -e '1!b' -e "/^)]}'$/d"
}