cally [he/they]

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Cake day: September 14th, 2023

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  • perhaps i too will post code on the internet

    here is a shell script i wrote for automating filenames for markdown files (blog posts):

    code
    #!/bin/sh
    set -e
    
    datecmd="date +%Y-%m-%d"
    
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
      printf "Post title: " >&2
      read -r title
    else
      title="$1"
    fi
    
    file="$($datecmd)_$title.md"
    
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
      printf "Error: post '$file' already exists.\n" >&2
      exit 1
    fi
    
    ${EDITOR:-nano} "$file"
    

    im not sure why i made it since i could just look at what date it is and write it down manually in the file name, but i felt like doing that as a quick hack