Need to bacth unix commands…

Hello! I need to run a batch on two unix commands based on a textfile. sudo cp -r /system/library/user\ Template/English.lproj /volumes/"Macintosh HD"/Users/USERNAME sudo chown -R USERNAME /volumes/"Macintosh HD"/Users/USERNAME Both commands need to find the USERNAME variable from the textfile. Is there an simple way to do this from the terminal?