Bash script to add a new Jekyll post with the correct file name and front matter

newpost.sh

#!/bin/bash

strBaseFolder=`pwd`/
strDate=`date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
strTime=`date +"%H:%M:%S %z"`

if [ "$#" == 0 ] || [ "$#" -gt 1 ] ; then
	echo "Usage: $0 'post title'"
	exit;
fi

strTitle=$1
strCleanTitle=`echo $strTitle | sed -e 's/ /-/g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
strFilename="$strBaseFolder$strDate-$strCleanTitle.md"

#write the new post file
read -d '' content <<EOL
---
layout: post
title:  $strTitle
date:   $strDate $strTime
---

EOL
echo "$content" >> $strFilename