for each in * do FLAM="`grep Date $each | head -1`" MON="`echo $FLAM | cut -d' ' -f 4`" DAY="`echo $FLAM | cut -d' ' -f 3`" YEAR="`echo $FLAM | cut -d' ' -f 5`" LINE="`grep $each .descs`" echo "$LINE" >>.foo echo "($MON $DAY, 19${YEAR})" >>.foo done