voting results

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

# tally the votes each canidate recieved in the election

in=/tmp/2012_GENERAL.txt
out=/tmp/2012_GENERAL-results.txt

if [ ! -f "${in}" ]; then
  echo -n "> Downloading file..."
  curl -s http://www.analyzethevote.com/download/2012_GENERAL.txt -o $in
  echo "done"
fi

if [ -f "${out}" ]; then
  rm ${out}
fi

echo -n "> Calculating results..."

declare -a functions=( BARACK GARY JILL MITT Write )
for f in ${functions[@]}; do
    eval "$f() {
              echo -n " -- $f...." >> $out
              echo `cat $in|grep $f|awk '{print substr($0, length($0)-4)}'|awk '{x+=$0}END{print x}'` >> $out
          }"
    $f
done

echo "done"

cat $out|sed -i -e 's/Write/Write\ In/g' $out

echo "> Presenting results..."

cat $out

echo -n "> Cleaning up..."

rm $in $out

echo "done"

exit 0