#! /usr/bin/bash 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 $date_today > "$full_path" fi # Open entry in editor vim "$full_path" # Report, TODO: write log echo ">>> " $month_dir / $file_name