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| -rwxr-xr-x | grepjournal | 33 |
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diff --git a/grepjournal b/grepjournal new file mode 100755 index 0000000..012f857 --- /dev/null +++ b/grepjournal @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +#!/bin/bash + +# Search ~/Notes/journal for a term and return as a markdown list sorted by date. + +# Automatic cleanup +trap 'rm -f "$tmpfile"' EXIT +tmpfile=$(mktemp) || exit 1 + +# very bad way to check the params passed in... +[[ -z "$2" ]] && [[ -n "$1" ]] && searchterm="$1" +[[ -n "$2" ]] && [[ -n "$1" ]] && searchterm="$1" && flag="$2" + +# some confirmatory echoing +echo "Search term: $searchterm" +[[ -v flag ]] && echo "Flag: $flag" + +if [[ $flag != "-i" ]]; then + flag="" +fi + +# do the business, starting with using grep to get the pertinent lines +echo -e "$(grep -R $flag "$searchterm" /home/"$USER"/Notes/journal/)" > "$tmpfile" + +# more confirmatory text +echo Command: 'grep -R $flag "$searchterm" /home/"$USER"/Notes/journal/' +echo "" + +# subsitute to get the right format using sed +sed -r -i 's/\/home\/lemon\/Notes\/journal\/([[:digit:]]*-[[:digit:]]*-[[:digit:]]*)\.md:-[[:blank:]](.*)/* \1 \2/' "$tmpfile" + +# output +cat "$tmpfile" | sort + |