Simple monkey coded memo for terminal

memo

#!/bin/bash
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
EXPORT_FILE=$DIR'/memo-save.txt'
READ_ONLY=1

for param in "$@"
do
    if [ $param = "edit" ]
    then
        READ_ONLY=0
        echo "Opening editor..."
        nano $EXPORT_FILE
        exit 0;
    elif [ $param = "add" ]
    then
        READ_ONLY=0
        echo "New memo (enter to validate):"
        read toadd
        echo $toadd >> $EXPORT_FILE
        echo "Entry saved : $toadd"
    elif [ $param = "clear" ]
    then
        READ_ONLY=0
        read -p "Do you really want to clear all your notes ? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
        echo    # (optional) move to a new line
        if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
        then
            echo "# Memo" > $EXPORT_FILE
            echo "Memo cleared !"
        fi
    elif [ $param = "help" ] || [ $param = "?" ]
    then
        READ_ONLY=0
        echo "########################################################################"
        echo "# HELP || Available commands for '$ memo'"
        echo "########################################################################"
        echo "# With no params, will show up the memo content"
        echo "#"
        echo "#     edit               Allow you to delete all your note in an editor"
        echo '#     add                Add a new entry'
        echo "#     clear              Delete all your notes"
    fi
done

if [ $READ_ONLY = 1 ]
then
    cat $EXPORT_FILE
fi

exit 0;

• Put this script in a file in a folder
• chmod +x memo
• Add the folder to your path export PATH=$PATH:~/your-folder
• Use it !

Commands :

memo             # show the content of the memo
memo edit      # edit with nano
memo clear    # delete all entries
memo add      # add an entry
memo help     # help