Creating steganographied files en masse - still needs works (see comments)

stegify.sh

#!/bin/bash
# until tomorrow ./stegged must exist &
# ./cover must exist & have images &
# ./hide must exist and have images
#TO DO: argument for verbose output
#TO DO: make hide/ and /cover variables that can be configured
#TO DO: license and README.md
#install argument to:
#apt-get update && apt-get install steghide
#move script to /usr/bin
#generate /etc/stegify.conf for variables
#and more

passphrase="this"
#pics=($(ls ./cover/)) #cover photos list - no longer used
hide=$(ls ./hide/) #content to hide list
hiding=0 #counter set
covers=0 #counter set
declare -a pics=($(ls ./cover)) #defines array for cover pics
#echo "Printing Array" #troubleshooting
#echo ${pics[*]} #troubleshooting
###Loop through to count pics and steg###
for pic in ${pics[*]}
do
	covers=$(($covers+1)) #count cover files
	#echo "cover file number $covers is $pic" #troubleshooting
done
#echo "Total cover picturs: $covers" #troubleshooting
i=1 #counter

for hideme in $hide #steg loop
do
        hiding=$(($hiding+1)) #count pics to hide
        #echo "file to hide $hiding is $hideme" #troubleshooting
	#echo "embed content=$hideme" #troubleshooting
	echo "covering $hideme with ./cover/${pics[$i]}"
		steghide embed \
		-cf "./cover/${pics[$i]}" \
		-ef "./hide/$hideme" \
		-sf "./stegged/${pics[$i]}-steg.jpg" \
		-p "$passphrase"
		#echo "${pic[$i]}-steg.jpg created" #troubleshooting
	i=$(($i+1))
done
#echo "total pictures hidden: $hiding" #troubleshooting