--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/evaluate_population_numbers.bash	Fri Sep 28 11:57:18 2012 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
+    echo "usage"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+input_ped_file="$1"
+output_file="$2"
+max_populations="$3"
+
+ADMIXTURE=admixture
+
+for (( i=1; $i <= $max_populations; i++ )); do
+    $ADMIXTURE --cv "$input_ped_file" $i 2>&1 | grep CV | perl -ne 's/CV error/CVE/; print;' >> "$output_file"
+done
+