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

MIT License