orig_downloads/comma_sep.sh

#!/bin/bash

buoy_number="42002"

input_file="${buoy_number}_XXXX.txt"
output_file="csv/${buoy_number}_XXXX.csv"

for value in {1980..2022}
do
    sed -e 's/\s\+/,/g' ${input_file/XXXX/$value} >  ${output_file/XXXX/$value}
    #echo "${url//XXXX/"$value"}"  
    #line=$(head -n 1 ${input_file/XXXX/$value}) 
    #line_count=$(wc -l ${input_file/XXXX/$value})
    #echo "$value  $line_count  $line"
    echo "done"
done

# Now do 2023 - just grab all teh files in 2023 and convert them into the interior CSV directory
for FILE in 2023/*.txt;
do
    filename=${FILE%.*}
    new_filename=2023/csv/${filename#*/}.csv 
    
    # remove whitespace on the end
    sed 's/ *$//' file
    # change all spaces to commas, repeating spaces only get 1 comma
    sed -e 's/\s\+/,/g' ${FILE} >  ${new_filename}
done