Command line tool for logging random timestamped notes

note

#!/bin/sh

helptext="
\nUsage: note <text> 
\n	\tor note <flag>
\n
\nwhere <text> is any number of arguments to be appended to the note log
\n
\nand where <flag> is one of:
\n
\n	\t-v	\tviews the last n lines (can be changed in script)
\n	\t-o	\topens the note in Sublime Text (my preference)
\n	\t-d	\tarchives the note to a timestamped file
\n	\t	\tand replaces it with a blank file
\n
\n
"

path=~/Documents
name=.notes
ext=txt
file=$path/$name.$ext
n=50
NOW=$(date +"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
NOWB=$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%H-%M-%S")

if [[ $1 = "-v" ]]; then
	tail -n $n $file && echo ""
elif [[ $1 = "-o" ]]; then
	subl $file
elif [[ $1 = "-d" ]]; then
	mv $file $path/.note.$NOWB.$ext && echo "" > $file
elif [[ $1 = "-n" ]]; then
	tail -n $(($2 * 3)) $file && echo ""
elif [[ $1 = "-h" ]]; then
	echo $helptext
elif [[ $1 = "help" ]]; then
	echo $helptext
elif [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
	echo $helptext
else
	echo '\n'$NOW'>\n'"$@" >> $file
fi