Scaffold a bunch of Markdown blog posts

scaffold-posts-inverted.bash

#!/bin/bash

for i in {1..25}
do
    # Calculate the date in reverse order
    reversed_date="2024-01-01 12:$(printf "%02d" $((25 - i)))"

    # Create the file with the specified content
    echo "---" > "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "title: 'Post $i'" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "description: 'Post $i'" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "category: blog" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "author: default" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "date: '$reversed_date'" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "---" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "" >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
    echo "## Write something awesome." >> "_posts/post-$i.md"
done

scaffold-posts.bash

#!/bin/bash

for i in {1..25}
do
    # Pad the variable $i with leading zeros for date formatting
    padded_i=$(printf "%02d" $i)

    # Create the file with the specified content
    echo "---" > "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "title: 'Post $i'" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "description: 'Post $i'" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "category: blog" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "author: default" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "date: '2024-01-01 12:$padded_i'" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "---" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "" >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
    echo "## Write something awesome." >> "_posts/post-$padded_i.md"
done