Basic File Generator using Bash Script

data.json

[
  {"name": "website_1", "age": 1},
  {"name": "website_2", "age": 2},
  {"name": "website_3", "age": 3}
]

generator.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Load data from the JSON file
data=$(cat data.json)

# Loop through the data and generate a file for each item
for item in $(echo "${data}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
    # Decode the base64-encoded item and extract the name and age values
    _jq() {
        echo ${item} | base64 --decode | jq -r ${1}
    }

    name=$(_jq '.name')
    age=$(_jq '.age')

    # Replace the placeholders in the template with the actual values
    cat template.txt | sed "s/{name}/$name/g; s/{age}/$age/g" > "${name}.txt"
done

template.txt

data1 = {name}
data2 = {age}