Create URL files from CSV

_create-url-files-from-csv.md

This script transforms a headerless CSV file (containing URL Codes and URLs) into a number of plaintext files named after the URL Code and containining the (actual) URL.

create-url-files-from-csv.sh

#!/bin/sh

URLS_FILE="urls.csv"
URLS_DIR="urls"

mkdir -p "${URLS_DIR}"

while IFS=, read -r CODE URL
do
    if [ -z "${CODE}" ];
    then
        echo "missing code for item with URL \"${URL}\"}";
    else
        echo "creating file ${URLS_DIR}/${CODE} for ${URL}";
        echo "${URL}" > "${URLS_DIR}/${CODE}"
    fi
done < "${URLS_FILE}"

urls.csv