election= while read num user; do grep -q "confirmation $num" master-${election} || continue; email=$(grep "$user" mail-table); if [[ ! -z $email ]]; then to="${email#$user }" else to="$user@gentoo.org" fi ( echo "To: $to"; echo "From: elections@gentoo.org" echo "Date: $(date -R)"; echo "Subject: Your ${election} confirmation id"; echo ""; sed -e "s/^INSERT.*/Your confirmation number is $num./" email -e "s/ELECTION/$election/"; ) \ | /usr/lib/sendmail -oi $to; done < confs-${election}