A shell script to create a new jekyll post. Maybe there is an easier way, but this script generates a basic markdown post for jekyll. It has head matter, samples of some common formatting, and a link to a more complete documentation of the format.

create-jekyll-post.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ] ; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <title>" >&2
  exit 1
fi


title=`echo "$1" |sed 's/ /-/g'`
fileName="_posts/`date +%Y-%m-%d-$title.markdown`"

touch $fileName

cat > $fileName <<DELIM
---
layout: post
title: "$1"
date:  `date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`
categories:
---

[Basic syntax help for Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics)

A First Level Header
====================

A Second Level Header
---------------------

Now is the time for all good men to come to
the aid of their country. This is just a
regular paragraph.

Some of these words *are emphasized*.
Some of these words _are emphasized also_.

Use two asterisks for **strong emphasis**.
Or, if you prefer, __use two underscores instead__.

### Header 3

> This is a blockquote.
>
> This is the second paragraph in the blockquote.
>
> ## This is an H2 in a blockquote


*   Dandy.
*   Gum.

1.  Red
2.  Green
3.  Blue

This is an [example link](http://example.com/).


[1]: http://google.com/        "Google"
[2]: http://search.yahoo.com/  "Yahoo Search"
[3]: http://search.msn.com/    "MSN Search"

To highlight:

{% highlight text linenos %}
some text to be syntax highlighted....
{% endhighlight %}


![alt text](/path/to/img.jpg "Title")

DELIM

vim $fileName +9