take daily encrypted notes

notes.sh

#!/bin/bash
# take notes

IDENT= # put your gpg key id (email) here
NOTES_DIR=~/.n
TMP_DIR=/dev/shm/.n

GPG=gpg

mkdir -p "$NOTES_DIR" || exit $?
mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR" || exit $?

date=$(date --iso)
file="$TMP_DIR/$date.md"
efile="$NOTES_DIR/$date.gpg"

if [[ -f $efile ]]; then
  $GPG -o "$file" -d "$efile"
  $EDITOR "$file"
else
  $EDITOR "$file"
fi

while ! $GPG -o "$efile" -er $IDENT "$file"; do
  read -p "something went wrong. fix it and hit enter to try again." _
done
rm "$file"