This shell script creates a template file for a new jekyll post. Typing in the date, time and title in the exact format for the filename and inside the file is a tiny bit too tedious when it can easily be automated.

newjekyllpost

#!/bin/sh


# get title from stdin
/bin/echo -n "Title : "
read TITLE

SAFETITLE=$(/bin/echo -n $TITLE | tr -sc [:alpha:] - | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])

FILENAME=$(date -j +%Y-%m-%d)-${SAFETITLE}.md

echo file: $FILENAME

DIR="_posts"

while [ ! -d "$DIR" ] 
do
	/bin/echo -n "_posts directory: "
	read DIR
done

if [ -e "${DIR}/${FILENAME}" ]
then
	echo "File Exists: Doing nothing" >&2
	exit 1
fi

DATESTR=$(date -j +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
/usr/bin/printf -- '---\nlayout: post\ntitle: %s\ndate: %s\n---\n\n' "$TITLE" "$DATESTR" >> "${DIR}/${FILENAME}"