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It seems Bash on Mac doesn't work quite the same as Linux. Try this instead. It works for me. Let me know. Copy it to your ~/.bash_aliases. And source it.
by blackrock 6y ago
It seems Bash on Mac doesn't work quite the same as Linux.
Try this instead. It works for me. Let me know.
Copy it to your ~/.bash_aliases. And source it.
alias jim='
function _jim() {
journaldir="$HOME/journal"
year=`date "+%Y"`
today=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
yearpath="$journaldir/$year"
[[ -d "$yearpath" ]] || mkdir -p $yearpath
jfile="log_$today.md"
jfilepath="$journaldir/$year/$jfile"
header="# Log: $today\n\n# Highlights:\n\n"
[[ -f "$jfilepath" ]] && echo "Opening log: $jfilepath" || { echo "Creating new log: $jfilepath" ; echo -e "$header" > $jfilepath ; }
vi "$jfilepath"
}; _jim'