nn.sh

#!/bin/bash

## New Drafts
## Modified from GozNote
## Quickly create notes from the commandline or something like Alfred
## v.03 - 2019/08/25 - Create files with only the last two digits of
## the year for the start of the filename instead of the whole year.
## v.02 - 2019/08/05
## v.01 - 2018/12/04
##
## Previous GozNote versions
## v.03 - 2013/10/28
# The file name is now created from the slug of the title
#
## v.02 - 2013/04/29
## v.01 - 2013/01/09

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "NewNote v.02"
    echo "Enter the name of the note as the argument"
    exit
fi

TITLE="$@"
AUTHOR="`whoami`"
DATE=`date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"`
EDITOR="vim + +startinsert"
DEFAULTFOLDER="."
EXT="markdown"
PREPEND="`date +%y%m%d`-"
SLUG=$(echo -n "${TITLE}" | sed -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g' | tr -s '-' | tr A-Z a-z)

if [[ ! -f ${DEFAULTFOLDER}/${PREPEND}${SLUG}.${EXT} ]]; then
    echo -e "---\nTitle: ${TITLE}\nAuthor: ${AUTHOR}\nDate: ${DATE}\nSlug: ${SLUG}\nCategory: \nTags:\nStatus: draft\n...\n\n" > "${DEFAULTFOLDER}/${PREPEND}${SLUG}.${EXT}"
fi

${EDITOR} "${DEFAULTFOLDER}/${PREPEND}${SLUG}.${EXT}"