From 4ba19ab5692fa99d6d4130d60f319f150c523fd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayo <ayo@ayco.io>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:03:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: script for creating a new journal entry

---
 new_journal.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 new_journal.sh

diff --git a/new_journal.sh b/new_journal.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d7b62df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new_journal.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#! /usr/bin/bash
+
+echo "NEW NOTE"
+
+journal_dir="/home/ayo/notes/Journal"
+
+date_today=$(date +'%m-%d-%Y')
+date_today_file_name=$(date +'%m.%d.%Y')
+month_dir=$(date +"%m %b")
+file_name="${date_today_file_name}.md"
+full_path="${journal_dir}/${month_dir}/${file_name}"
+
+# IF Not Exists: create file & echo date
+if ! test -f "$full_path"; then
+  install -Dv /dev/null $full_path
+  echo writing $date_today to "$full_path"
+  echo $date_today > "$full_path"
+fi
+
+vim "$full_path"
+
+
+# report, write log
+echo ">>> " $month_dir / $file_name