Extract lines from file, add to new files

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:

> If I had a script that's been working for 30 years, I'd probably just use
> Python to do the personalizing and let the rest of the bash script do the
> rest, like it always has. The Python program would pipe or send the
> personalized messages to the rest of the bash program. Something in that
> ballpark, anyway.

Thomas,

A bash shell script looks easier for me and more promising. Using a while
loop (one for the name file the other for the address file), and sed for
putting the name at the head of the message replacing a generic placeholder
should work with the existing for loop script.

Thanks,

Rich