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@@ -3,3 +3,22 @@
 set -ex
 
 # YOUR CODE HERE
+if [ ! -d "$2" ]; then
+	mkdir -p "$2"
+fi
+# not sure if there's a output path
+
+files=($("ls" "$1"))
+#for input_file in "$1"/*.txt;do
+for input_file in "${files[@]}"
+do 
+	input_file_name=$(basename "$input_file")
+	input_file_name=${input_file_name%.*} #strip off the extension
+	title=$(head -n 1 "$1"/"$input_file")
+	body=$(tail -n 1 "$1"/"$input_file")
+	cat template.html > "$2"/"$input_file_name".html
+	sed -i "s/{{body}}/$body/g" "$2"/"$input_file_name".html
+    	sed -i "s/{{title}}/$title/g" "$2"/"$input_file_name".html
+done
+
+