gistfile1.txt

automate () {
    read num #assigns input to num

    path="tl_2013_"
    patha="$num"
    pathb="_sldu"
    path="$path$patha$pathb"
    path="cd $path"
    eval $path

    execute="ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON $num.json tl_2013_$num"
	executeconcat="_sldu.shp"
	execute="$execute$executeconcat"
	eval $execute #runs the thing above
	 
	execute2="topojson -s 7e-9 --id-property=+GEOID -o SLDU_"
	execute2+="$num.json -- $num.json"
	eval $execute2
}