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addcol.sh
Write a Bash script named addcol.sh that reads a spreadsheet from standard input, adds a column, and
writes the result to standard output. The input and output format is a single CSV (comma separated value)
file. Each line of the file is a row in the spreadsheet, and columns are separated by commas. The first line
of the file contains column headers.
The script should take a single command line argument, which is an item name. This will be the name
of the column to add to the spreadsheet, and the name of the new column header. The remaining column
data should be added as follows. The first column in each row contains a filename, called the key file. If the
key file exists, and contains a line of the form
item=new column value
where item is the item name given on the command line, then "new column value" should be the new
column value. Otherwise, the new column value should be the empty string.
6.1 Assumptions
You may assume the following, which may simplify your script.
• The key files will contain only lines of the form
identifier-data
Identifiers will not be repeated within a key file.
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