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February 11, 2022 22:08
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Simple notetaking script that creates a note in a folder with the current date and adds a timestamp when it's launched. Inspired by @maccan
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| # /bin/bash | |
| ########################################################## | |
| ### Simple notetaking script ### | |
| ### Creates notes in a folder based on date ### | |
| ### and add a timestamp into the file when it launched ### | |
| ########################################################## | |
| #Variables | |
| EDITOR="nano" | |
| NOTES_FOLDER="/home/$(whoami)/notes" | |
| TIME=$(date +"%R") | |
| DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") | |
| FILE="$NOTES_FOLDER"/note-"$DATE".md | |
| if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then | |
| #Create Timestamp in note and open editor | |
| echo -e "##$TIME:">>"$FILE" | |
| echo -e "---\n">>"$FILE" | |
| else | |
| echo -e "#Noteringar från $DATE av $(whoami)">>"$FILE" | |
| echo -e "---\n">>"$FILE" | |
| echo -e "##$TIME:">>"$FILE" | |
| echo -e "---\n">>"$FILE" | |
| fi | |
| # Open note in editor | |
| "$EDITOR" "$FILE" | |
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