35 lines
977 B
Bash
Executable File
35 lines
977 B
Bash
Executable File
#!/usr/bin/env bash
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# Ensure that the file is empty. -n is specified to avoid \n which would
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# become obvious in the cat in the end.
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echo -n '' >employees.csv
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# Begin at 0 so the incrementing later makes the first employee id 1.
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employees=0
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# While the employee name isn't 0, take names.
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# neovim again complains about backslash dangling and I will probably never
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# type read without -r
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while true; do
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echo "Enter employee name or 0 to stop: "
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read -r name
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# stops and breaks out of the loop
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if [ "$name" = "0" ]; then
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break
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fi
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# begin at employee id 1 by incrementing employees from 0
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employee_id=$((employees + 1))
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# store employee_id and name to employees.csv
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# I think tsv would be easier and better, but this is what the task requested.
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echo "$employee_id;$name" >>employees.csv
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# increment employees so the next id will be 2
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employees=$((employees + 1))
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done
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# and finally print our document. I stand with tsv being better option.
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cat employees.csv
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