This is a replacement for _tj script

The _tj script relied on passing a string of text as standard input.
This replaces the old tj.fish function which used _tj to do the job
of "tj 'a message for the journal'.

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script replaces the _tj as the main functionality of the tj fish function, as wash. We don't need
+# the fish function any more - this does the job.
+
+# Our target file
+TODAY_JOURNAL=~/Documents/Notes/journal/$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d).md
+
+# Test whether it already exisits or not
+if [[ -a $TODAY_JOURNAL ]]
+then
+        JLINE="- $(date +'%H:%M'): $1"
+        echo "$JLINE" >> "$TODAY_JOURNAL"
+else
+    touch "$TODAY_JOURNAL"
+    header_date="$(date +'%A %d %b %Y')"
+    {   echo -e "# $header_date\n"
+    } >> "$TODAY_JOURNAL"
+        JLINE="- $(date +'%H:%M'): $1"
+        echo "$JLINE" >> "$TODAY_JOURNAL"
+fi