#! /usr/bin/bash echo "NEW NOTE" journal_dir="/home/ayo/notes/Journal" date_today=$(date +'%m-%d-%Y') file_name=$(date +'%m.%d.%Y').md month_dir=$(date +"%m %b") full_path="${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