Gather number of executive orders by president, by year

executive_orders.sh

#!/bin/bash

temp_dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/orders.XXXX)
pushd $temp_dir
  for year in $(seq 1994 2014) 2001-clinton 2001-wbush 2009-wbush 2009-obama
  do
    echo Downloading $year
    wget -q "http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/$year.html"
  done

  grep * -e 'Signed:'                 | # get dates \
    egrep -ve ' <'                    | # filter out empty dates \
    sed -e 's/:.*, */ /' -e 's/<.*//' | # filter out all but filenames and years\
    sort                              | # duh \
    uniq -c                             # count per year
popd