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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Run script against every item in input file
+
+if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
+	echo "parse a list of parameters and execute script with those parameters"
+	echo "parse-list.sh <param file> <script> [<noisy> <additional> <additional> <additional>]"
+    echo "<param file> = name of file containing parameters"
+    echo "<script> script to run (e.g. rename-e-smith-pkh.sh)"
+    echo "optional params can appear in any order"
+    echo "   <noisy> show line being executed"
+    echo "   <additional> additional params to be passed (up to 3)"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f $1 ]] ; then
+    echo "Can NOT find $1 - Aborting"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $(which $2 | grep "no $2") ]] ; then 
+    echo "Can NOT find $2 - Aborting"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+NOISY=
+EXTRAPARAMS=
+for param in $3 $4 $5 $6; do
+  if [ $param ] ; then
+    case $param in
+      noisy )
+        NOISY=true ;;
+      * )
+        EXTRAPARAMS=$EXTRAPARAMS" "$param ;;
+    esac
+  else
+	  break
+  fi
+done
+
+# read through input file and run script using params from file
+while read -r line
+do
+    if [[ $NOISY ]] ; then echo "$2 $line $EXTRAPARAMS" ; fi
+    if [[ $line ]] ; then $2 $line $EXTRAPARAMS ; fi
+done < $1
+exit 0
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