📘 Create Day One entry using simple graphical interface (Zenity) on Linux and import to Day One on Mac.

create-day-one-entry.sh

#!/bin/bash

noteDir="$1"

if [ "$noteDir" != "" ]
  then
  date=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
  # Create a text box
  zNewData=$(zenity --text-info --editable --width 650 --height 400)

  if [ "$zNewData" != "" ]
    then
    # One file for each note
    notePath="$noteDir"/"$date".txt
    # Append to the file
    echo "$zNewData" >> "$notePath"
  fi
fi

import-to-day-one.sh

#!/bin/bash

journal="$1"
new_entries_dir=new-entries
imported_entries_dir=imported-entries

for entry_path in $new_entries_dir/*.txt; do
    # If no files exist then exits
    if [ ! -f "$entry_path" ]; then
        echo "No files in $new_entries_dir"
        exit 1
    fi
    echo "$entry_path"
    # Strip from path to file name
    entry_name=${entry_path##*/}
    # Extract date from file name
    date="${entry_name%.*}"
    # Create Day One entry
    if [ "$journal" != "" ]
    then
        dayone2 new --date="$date" --journal="$journal" < "$entry_path"
    else
        dayone2 new --date="$date" < "$entry_path"
    fi
    # Move imported entries for backup
    mv "$entry_path" "$imported_entries_dir/$entry_name"
done