orig_downloads/download_data.sh

#!/bin/bash

buoy_number="42002"

curl_command="https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/view_text_file.php?filename=42002hXXXX.txt.gz&dir=data/historical/stdmet/"
output_file="42002_XXXX.txt"

# get historical data 
#for value in {1983..2022}
#do
    #echo "${url//XXXX/"$value"}"  
#    curl ${curl_command//XXXX/"$value"} > ${output_file/XXXX/$value}
#done

#now get 2023 data
months=("junk" "Jan" "Feb" "Mar" "Apr" "May" "Jun" "Jul" "Aug" "Sep")

month_curl="https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/view_text_file.php?filename=42002X2023.txt.gz&dir=data/stdmet/YYY/"
month_output_file="42002_YYY.txt"

for i in {1..8}
do
    temo_month_curl=${month_curl/X/"$i"}
    #echo $temo_month_curl
    temo_month_curl=${temo_month_curl/YYY/"${months[i]}"}
    curl ${temo_month_curl} > ${month_output_file/YYY/"${months[i]}"}
done

# For some reason Sept URL is a totally different format

 curl "https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/stdmet/Sep/42002.txt" > "42002_Sep.txt"



echo "done"