A Script to maintain logs for everyday.

daily_log.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if DAILYLOG_DIR exists.
if [[ ! -z $DAILYLOG_DIR ]]; then
    echo "Creating a new log at" "$DAILYLOG_DIR"
else
    echo "Please enter directory to store logs:"
    # tput is used to set colour and bold font - experimental turns all text to bold red
    # trap 'echo -e $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 196)"NOTE: Path should be relative from ~/ i.e. home"' DEBUG
    echo -e "NOTE: Path should be relative from ~/ i.e. home"
    read -r logdir
    logdir=~/$logdir
    echo "$logdir"
    if ! mkdir -p $logdir; then
        printf "Please enter a non existent directory\nor\nset DAILYLOG_DIR environment variable to your preferred directory"
        exit
    fi
    echo "export DAILYLOG_DIR=$logdir" >> ~/.profile
    DAILYLOG_DIR="$logdir"
    months=($(locale mon | tr ';' '\n'))
    for num in ${!months[@]}; do
        mkdir -p ${logdir}/$(expr "$num" + "1")_${months[num]}
    done
fi

# Create a new log file for the day
month=$(date +"%-m_%B")
file_name=$(date +"%d_%b_%Y.md")

if [ -f $DAILYLOG_DIR/$month/$file_name ]; then
    echo "Today's log has already been created!"
    exit
fi

init_comment=$(date +"%A %d %b %Yq")
printf '<!-- Daily Log for %s -->\n' "$init_comment" >> $DAILYLOG_DIR/$month/$file_name

scaffold=$(date +"%A %d %B")
echo "# $scaffold" >> $DAILYLOG_DIR/$month/$file_name

echo "Created new logfile at $DAILYLOG_DIR/$month/$file_name"

Source ~/.profile after using it for the first time. Thanks!