Extract lines from file, add to new files

[Thomas Passin]

On 1/31/2024 9:05 AM, Rich Shepard via Python-list wrote:
> 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.

Sounds good.  I'd still be a bit worried about the two files getting out 
of sync, as others have mentioned.