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August 12, 2016 19:16
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A quick script I used to convert my Red Notebook data files to plain Markdown (needs changes to apply elsewhere)
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#!/usr/bin/node | |
const Promise = require('bluebird'); | |
const fs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('fs')); | |
const moment = require('moment'); | |
const YAML = require('yamljs'); | |
let today = moment(); | |
function readJournal(dir, date) { | |
return fs.readFileAsync(dir + '/' + date.format('YYYY-MM') + '.txt', 'utf8') | |
.catch(()=>null) | |
.then(d=>{ | |
if (!d) return d; | |
try { return YAML.parse(d)[date.format('D')]; } | |
catch(ex) { return null; } | |
}); | |
} | |
// Change start date to an approparite date | |
for (let d = moment([2013, 1, 1]); d.isBefore(today); d.add(1, 'day')) { | |
let date = d.clone(); | |
Promise.all([ | |
Promise.resolve(date), | |
// Put the folder names of your journals here | |
readJournal('data', date), | |
readJournal('dream-journal', date) | |
]).then(a=>{ | |
// Modify to join them into one file how you like | |
let date = a[0]; | |
let data = a[1]; | |
let dream = a[2]; | |
let content = '\n'; | |
if (data) { | |
content += '# Journal\n\n' + data.text; | |
} | |
if (dream) { | |
content += '# Dream Journal\n\n' + dream.text; | |
} | |
if (content == '\n') return; | |
a[0] = date.toString(); | |
fs.writeFile('out/journal-' + date.format('YYYY-MM-DD') + '.md', content); | |
}); | |
} | |
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