Open files in Obsidian from the terminal via obsidian-cli

oo

#!/bin/bash
# oo — open files in Obsidian from the terminal
#
# Install:
#   sudo cp oo /usr/local/bin/oo
#   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/oo
#
# Prerequisites — enable obsidian-cli in the Obsidian app:
#   Settings > Community plugins > Browse > search "obsidian-cli" > Install > Enable
#
cli=/snap/obsidian/current/obsidian-cli
vault="$HOME/obsidian/notes"

# Expand any unresolved glob patterns in CWD
files=()
for arg in "$@"; do
    if [[ "$arg" == *'*'* || "$arg" == *'?'* || "$arg" == *'['* ]]; then
        expanded=($arg)
        files+=("${expanded[@]}")
    else
        files+=("$arg")
    fi
done

for f in "${files[@]}"; do
    src="$(realpath "$f")"
    target="$vault/$(basename "$f")"
    [ "$(realpath "$target" 2>/dev/null)" != "$src" ] && ln -sfn "$src" "$target"
done

/snap/bin/obsidian --no-sandbox 2>/dev/null &

until "$cli" vault >/dev/null 2>&1; do
    sleep 0.25
done

for f in "${files[@]}"; do
    "$cli" tab:open "file=$(basename "${f}")" 2>/dev/null
done