jekyll-new.sh

#!bin/bash

# Usage: 
# bash jekyll_new.sh file_title
# Example:
# bash jekyll_new.sh daily-angst

# This script is for creating a new jeykll post under _posts/ 
# Change as needed

cd _posts

# Ex. 2019-04-14
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
EXTENTION='.md'

# Ex. 2019-04-14-daily-angst.md
FILE_NAME="$DATE-$1$EXTENTION"

if test -f "$FILE_NAME" 
then
    echo "File exists. Opening existing"
else
    # Simple template
    echo "---
layout: post
title: 
---" >> $FILE_NAME
fi

vim $FILE_NAME
git add $FILE_NAME

Note this is also with vim in mind but change that to whatever text editor you use.

Also assumes you have been using it with git and are running this in the base jekyll directory.

MIT License