#!/bin/bash count=0 grow=0 prev=0 while IFS= read -r line; do echo $count $grow $prev if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then echo "This is the first line, we skip it (prev="$prev", line="$line")" prev=$line echo "prev=$prev, line=$line" else if [ $line > $prev ]; then echo $count": "$line" > "$prev ((grov++)) prev=$line fi fi ((count++)) done < day1_test.txt echo "I can through $count lines" echo "I found $grov depth measurement increases"