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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Splits council_names.json into separate config.json files for the spl-data repo.
+
+# This script uses the jq command, make sure it is installed before running this script.
+
+data_path="$1"
+
+if test -d "$data_path"; then
+  jq -c '.[] | .' ./council_names.json | while IFS=' ' read -r council_block; do
+    slug=$(echo "$council_block" | jq -r '.slug')
+    if ! test -d "$data_path"/"$slug"; then
+      mkdir "$data_path"/"$slug"
+    fi
+    echo "$council_block" | jq > "$data_path"/"$slug"/config.json
+  done
+else
+  echo "Could not find $data_path"
+fi