adding script

ballot

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+BALLOT_LOCATION=/tmp/ballots/
+CLOSED_BALLOTS=/tmp/close_ballots/
+
+[ -d $BALLOT_LOCATION ] || mkdir $BALLOT_LOCATION
+
+[ -d $CLOSED_BALLOTS ] || mkdir $CLOSED_BALLOTS
+
+ACTION=$1
+
+case $ACTION in
+	"create")
+		echo "What is being voted on? (Keep short, and concise):"
+		read line
+		mkdir -p $BALLOT_LOCATION/$line
+		echo "Ballot $line created.  You and others can now vote on it."
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	"cast")
+		echo "What are you wanting for vote on?"
+		read ballot
+		echo "What is your ballot?"
+		read vote
+		echo "You are going to vote: $vote for the ballot question: $ballot."
+		touch $BALLOT_LOCATION/$ballot/`whoami`.$vote
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	"count")
+		echo "What ballot to count?"
+		read ballot
+		ls $BALLOT_LOCATION/$ballot/* | sort | awk -F"." '{print $2}' | uniq -c
+		echo "Total members: `members comrade | wc -w`"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	"close")
+		echo "What ballot to close?"
+		read ballot
+		mv $BALLOT_LOCATION/$ballot /tmp/close_ballots/$ballot
+		echo "$ballot closed."
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	"show")
+		if [ `ls $BALLOT_LOCATION | wc -l` -ne 0 ]; then
+			echo "Open ballots:"
+			for i in `ls $BALLOT_LOCATION`; do echo $i; done
+	       	else 
+			echo "No open ballots at this time."
+		fi
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "$0 {create|cast|count|close|show}"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac