Hello I want to make a bash script that when you execute it it does the following:

Completed steps:

1)asks for username, age and location. (done with read and echo (please enter)
2)takes the seperate variables and outputs them to a file called details.csv (done also with
echo "${name1#*=}, ${age1#*=}, ${location#*=}" >> details.csv)
Uncomplete steps:

3) create headers for the 3 elements to display at top of page but not repeat
like this Name | Age | Location
john | 22 | surrey
with obvious normal formatting.

4) sort these by age and output in bash.
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Any ideas?

Many thanks

You mean "echo once before displaying loop data" or do you mean "stay visible while loop data output scrolls"?


So what problem do you have with 'sort' you can't fix? Posting (pseudo) code helps.

I mean when the new csv file is created. have the names of the columns like name, age and location along the top. so when i use bash to add elements to the file it doesnt have multiple entries saying name, age, location rather it stays at top but then never repeats itself?

and with the sort thing I mean I do not know how to sort the entries into a table to bash whatsoever. i cant think of ne pseudo code that would do it?

thanks

Show us what you've got so far.
Also, I recommend using the same separators in the header rec as the data rec, for simplicity of parsing back later.
I'm assuming you want a data file like

#!/bin/bash
#**********
#Question3

echo To create a file please enter the following details
sleep 2

echo Please enter your name:
read name1

echo Please enter your age:
read number1

echo please enter location:
read DOB1

echo "${name1#*=}, ${age1#*=}, ${location#*=}" >> details.csv
sed -i 'Name, Number, DOB'

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this is it so far. it creates a csv file in same directory. I just want to practise manipulating and formatting information from files and using it in a bash script.
I then want to sort them by age in bash as an output.

not much to ask i hope

thanks

Is the example I created correct : better show us an example output file you want.
also
is inconsistent: location OR date of birth ??? If the latter, what format?

apologies i meant the variable to be location1 not DOB1.

Change the top of your prog to
and re-run it; it'll show you what some of the probs are eg number1 v age1 etc ...

Also,