createReport

#!/bin/bash

FNAME=$1
i=0

echo ""

rm $FNAME 2> /dev/null
while read thing
do
    let "i += 1"
    echo $thing
    echo $thing >> $FNAME
done;

j=$(cat orig.txt | wc -l)

echo ""
echo "The number of lines in the input file is $j."
echo "The number of lines in the output file is $i."

echo "" >> $FNAME
echo "The number of lines in the input file is $j." >> $FNAME
echo "The number of lines in the output file is $i." >> $FNAME

echo ""

rm orig.txt