day 5, part 2

05/02.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# still Paula fronting! i think!
+data="$(cat /tmp/05 | sed 's/    / _ /g;s/\[//g;s/\]//g')"
+
+x=0
+IFS=$'\n'
+(
+	while read line; do
+		[[ "$line" == '1 '* ]] && break
+
+		IFS=' '
+		uwu=($line)
+		for (( i=0; i<${#uwu[@]}; i++ )); do
+			[[ "${uwu[$i]}" != _ ]] && meow[$i]="${meow[$i]} ${uwu[$i]}"
+		done
+	done
+	read line;
+	while read line; do
+		ins=($line)
+		from=$((${ins[3]}-1))
+		to=$((${ins[5]}-1))
+		
+		asd=(${meow[$from]})
+
+		echo "moving ${ins[1]} things from ${ins[3]} to ${ins[5]}"
+		echo "from, initial: ${meow[$from]}"
+		echo "what? ${asd[@]:0:${ins[1]}}"
+		echo "to, initial: ${meow[$to]}"
+		meow[$from]=${asd[@]:${ins[1]}:${#asd[@]}}
+		meow[$to]="${asd[@]:0:${ins[1]}} ${meow[$to]}"
+		echo "from, after: ${meow[$from]}"
+		echo "to, after: ${meow[$to]}"
+		echo ---
+	done 
+
+	IFS=' '
+	x=''
+	for (( i=0; i<${#meow[@]}; i++ )); do
+		a=(${meow[$i]})
+		echo "$i: ${meow[$i]}"
+		x="$x${a[0]}"
+	done
+	echo "$x"
+) <<< "$data"
+

05/README.md

@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ the header separately from the rest of the code - probably wouldn't
 be needed if Tulip was fronting and writing the code, she likes to
 accept input from stdin (whereas I (Paula?) like to accept input 
 from argv)
+
+## part 2
+
+... remember L31?
+
+so I removed that `| rev`, and that did the trick for the 2nd part.
+BOORIIIIING