jekyllpost.sh

#!/bin/bash

####
## read in fields
####

echo "Title:"
read -e title
echo ""

echo "Filename:"
read -e fname
echo ""

if [ -z "$fname" ]
then
    fname=$title
fi
# change to lower case and replace spaces with '-'
fname=`echo $fname| tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]" | tr " " "-"`

echo "Categories:"
read -e categories
echo ""

echo "Tags:"
read -e tags
echo ""

NAME="`date +%F`-$fname.md"

if [ -e $NAME ]
then
    echo "File $NAME exists already, exit now."
    echo ""
    exit 1
fi

cat > $NAME << ENDOFFILE
---
layout: post
title: "$title"
categories: [$categories]
tags: [$tags]
comments: True
---

ENDOFFILE