Daily journal helper

journal.ps1

# Script for keeping a daily journal.
#
# Expected file structure:
#
#   template.txt
#   bin
#     journal.ps1
#   journal
#     {year}
#       {month}
#         {year}-{month}-{day}.txt
#
# Set the $EDITOR environment variable to your preferred editor.
#
# Run like this:
#   journal [-Days=<int>] [-When <DateTime>]
# Examples:
#   journal -When 2016-10-28 (or just journal 2016-10-28) - opens the journal for the specified day
#   journal -1 - opens the journal for yesterday

param (
    # Add or remove days from the specified date
    [Parameter()]
    [Int]
    $Days = 0
    ,
    # Date of the journal entry as YYYY-MM-DD, default today
    [Parameter()]
    [DateTime]
    $When = (Get-Date)
)

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

$When = $When.AddDays($Days)

$Folder = $When.ToString("yyyy\\MM")
$File = "$($When.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd')).txt"
$Location = "$PSScriptRoot\..\journal\$Folder\$File"

Write-Host Current journal: $Location

if (! (Test-Path $Location)) {
    Write-Host Creating a new journal...

    New-Item -Force $Location | Out-Null
    Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\..\template.txt" $Location | Out-Null
}

Write-Host Running editor...

& $Env:EDITOR $Location

template.txt

# PLAN

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# REALITY

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# SUMMARY