#!/bin/bash # nq4t.com page composer # by: Jay/nq4t # usage: ./compose.sh [category] [title] # example: /compose.sh Tech MY AWESOME POST TITLE NO YOU DON'T NEED TO ENCLOSE IT! # run in the root of your site files/repository # assumes categories are directories in root # Variables and category argument category=$1 pd=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d') pt=$(date +'%T') file=blog$$.md # Ditch the category argument shift 1 # Read everything else as title. title=$@ t=${title,,} t=${t// /-} fd=$(date +'%Y/%^b/%d') # Let's write the front matter to our temp file. printf -- "---\ntitle: $title\nlayout: page\ndate: $pd $pt\ncategory: ${category^}\nexcerpt_separator: \n---\n\n" >> $file # Write the post in whatever editor you want. nano + $file # Spell check, move the file to category/_posts replacing spaces with hyphen, remove .bak aspell check $file mv $file pages/_posts/$pd-${t// /-}.md rm $file.bak # Display some output to verify it's done. printf "\nPage $title categorized in $tag: pages/_posts/$pd-$t.md\n\n"