#!/usr/bin/env bash

This script was designed by hputnam (https://github.com/hputnam/Putnam_Lab_Notebook) to create a markdown file that

generates a formatted Jekyll header. It prompts the user

for a phrase and that phrase is utilized in the name of

the markdown file that is created.

To run, copy this file to your desired directory.

Change to the directory where you just copied this file.

In a terminal prompt, type:. post_template.sh

Set variables

POST_DATE=$(date ‘+%Y-%m-%d’) MD_LINE=”—” LAYOUT=”layout: post” TITLE=”title: “ DATE_LINE=”date: “ CATEGORIES=”categories: “ TAGS=”tags: “

Ask user for input

echo “Enter title:” read PHRASE echo “You entered $PHRASE”

echo “Enter categories: (Analysis, Goals, Processing, Protocols)” read PHRASE2 echo “You entered $PHRASE2”

echo “Enter tags:” read PHRASE3 echo “You entered $PHRASE3”

Remove spaces from PHRASE and replace with hyphens

FORMATTED_PHRASE=”$(echo -ne “${PHRASE}” | tr [:space:] ‘-‘)”

Save new filename using POST_DATE and FORMATTED_PHRASE variables.

NEW_MD_FILE=”$(echo -n “${POST_DATE}”-“${FORMATTED_PHRASE}”)”.md

Prints formatted Jekyll header utilizing POST_DATE and user-entered PHRASE.

Writes contents to NEW_MD_FILE

printf “%s\n%s\n%s%s\n%s’%s’\n%s%s\n%s%s\n%s%s\n” “$MD_LINE” “$LAYOUT” “$TITLE” “$PHRASE” “$DATE_LINE” “$POST_DATE” “$CATEGORIES” “$PHRASE2” “$TAGS” “$PHRASE3” “$MD_LINE” »
“$NEW_MD_FILE”

Opens NEW_MD_FILE in nano text editor for editing.

nano “$NEW_MD_FILE”

Use git to stage, commit, and push NEW_MD_FILE to GitHub

git add “$NEW_MD_FILE” git commit -m “created new post: $NEW_MD_FILE” git push origin master