#! /bin/bash
# Reads the contents of the file and put it in arrays
i=0
OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS=":"
while read C T D E S
do
	((i++))
	CLASS[$i]=$C
	TEACHER[$i]=$T
	SECTION[$i]=$S
done < dbase.txt
IFS=$OLDIFS
echo
read -p "Your name please " STUDENT
echo
read -p "Your student ID number please " STUDID
echo
read -p "Enter submission title please " TITLE
echo
read -p "Enter submission subtitle please " SUBTITLE
echo
for ((i=1; i<${#CLASS[@]}; i++))
do	echo "$i) ${CLASS[$i]}"
done
read -p "Pick course number " i
echo
read -p "Preferred file name? " FILENAME
echo
if sed -e "s/DATETIME/$(date)/" -e "s/SUBTITLE/$SUBTITLE/" -e "s/CLASS/${CLASS[$i]}/" -e "s/STUDENT/$STUDENT/" -e "s/STUDID/$STUDID/" -e "s/TITLE/$TITLE/" -e "s/SECTION/${SECTION[$i]}/" -e "s/TEACHER/${TEACHER[$i]}/" template.txt > $FILENAME.txt
then
	echo "Thank you! Your cover page $FILENAME.txt has been created."
	cat $FILENAME.txt
else
	echo "An error occured"
fi