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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A script which converts plaintext cantos from one canticle to XML formatting.
+# Must be run inside canticle directory: [inferno,purgatorio,paradiso]-xml.d
+# Tag scripts must be in the above directory.
+
+# 1) word-tags.py --- add <w></w> tags to each word.
+# 2) terzina-tags.sh --- add <terzina num="..."> tags to each terzina
+# 3) top-level-tags.sh --- add TEI XML header; add <canto> and <terzine> tags
+
+canticles=( 'inferno' 'purgatorio' 'paradiso' )
+
+comedy_xml_dir='../comedy-xml.d'
+shell_scripts_dir="$(pwd)"
+
+if [[ "$(pwd)" =~ shell-scripts.d ]]; then
+	clear
+	for canticle in "${canticles[@]}";
+	do
+		echo "Renaming dirs..."
+		dir="$canticle-txt.d"
+		dir_xml="$canticle-xml.d"
+		echo -e "\n\tMoving $dir to $dir_xml"
+		mv "$comedy_xml_dir/$dir" "$comedy_xml_dir/$dir_xml"
+	done
+	for canticle in "${canticles[@]}";
+	do
+		dir_xml="$comedy_xml_dir/$canticle-xml.d"
+		echo "Copying word-tags.py"				&& cp ../py-scripts.d/word-tags.py		$dir_xml/word-tags.py		&&\
+			echo "Changing dir to $dir_xml"			&& cd $dir_xml									&&\
+			echo "Running word-tags.py"			&& python3					word-tags.py			&&\
+			echo "Removing word-tags.py"			&& rm						word-tags.py			&&\
+			echo "Changing dir to $shell_scripts_dir"	&& cd $shell_scripts_dir							&&\
+		echo "Copying tercet-tags.sh"				&& cp ../shell-scripts.d/tercet-tags.sh		$dir_xml/tercet-tags.sh		&&\
+			echo "Changing dir to $dir_xml"			&& cd $dir_xml									&&\
+			echo "Running tercet-tags.sh"			&& 						./tercet-tags.sh		&&\
+			echo "Removing tercet-tags.sh"			&& rm						./tercet-tags.sh		&&\
+			echo "Changing dir to $shell_scripts_dir"	&& cd $shell_scripts_dir							&&\
+		echo "Copying top-level-tags.sh"			&& cp ../shell-scripts.d/top-level-tags.sh	$dir_xml/top-level-tags.sh	&&\
+			echo "Changing dir to $dir_xml"			&& cd $dir_xml									&&\
+			echo "Running top-level-tags.sh"		&& 						./top-level-tags.sh		&&\
+			echo "Removing top-level-tags.sh"		&& rm						./top-level-tags.sh		&&\
+			echo "Changing dir to $shell_scripts_dir"	&& cd $shell_scripts_dir
+	done
+else
+	echo "Wrong directory?"
+fi