bsb_to_obsidian.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This script downloads the Berean Standard Bible and converts it
# to markdown files for an Obsidian vault.
#
# - Each chapter has it's own file, e.g. "Genesis 1.md"
# - A "Bible.md" index file is also created for navigation.
#
# This will output all files into a subdirectory called BSB.
#
# The script was written and tested on Mac, it should work just as well on Linux.
#
# Copyright 2023 Jesse Griffin, MIT License
# https://opensource.org/license/MIT/

# For mac, make it easier to iterate over file names
IFS=$'\n'

basepath='BSB'
mkdir -p $basepath
indexfile="${basepath}/Bible.md"
echo -e "# Berean Standard Bible\n\n" > "$indexfile"

wget -q https://bereanbible.com/bsb.txt
iconv -f CP1251 -t UTF-8 <bsb.txt >bsb-utf8.txt
for x in `cat bsb-utf8.txt | grep ':'`; do
  book_ref=`echo $x | cut -f 1`
  ref_num=`echo $x | grep -oE '[0-9]+:[0-9]+'`
  book=`echo ${book_ref%%$ref_num} | xargs`
  chp=`echo ${ref_num%%:*}`
  book_file=`echo ${basepath}/${book} ${chp}.md`
  if [ ! -f "$book_file" ]; then
    echo -e "# ${book} ${chp}" > "$book_file"
    echo -e "## [[${book} ${chp}]]\n" >> "$indexfile"
  fi
  echo -e "\n###### $ref_num\n" >> "$book_file"
  echo "$x" | cut -f 2 >> "$book_file"
done