My build script for creating a new Jigsaw post

makepost.sh

#!/bin/bash

function slugify {
    echo "$1" | iconv -t ascii//TRANSLIT | sed -E s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/-/g | sed -E s/^-+\|-+$//g | tr A-Z a-z
}

# -------------------------------

echo
echo Creating a new blog post.
echo
echo Gimme a title:
read title

slug=`slugify "$title"`

# -------------------------------

buildpath="$PWD/source/_posts/$slug.md"
echo
echo "Creating a file at $buildpath"

touch $buildpath

date=`date +%Y-%m-%d`

cat <<EOT >> $buildpath
---
extends: _layouts.blog
section: markdown
title: "$title"
date: $date
series:
tags: []
---
EOT

vim $buildpath