#! /bin/bash
+# bash-notes © 2023 by danix is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
+# To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
+
# set -ex
PID=$$
# Binaries to use
EDITOR=${EDITOR:-/usr/bin/vim}
TERMINAL=${TERMINAL:-/usr/bin/alacritty}
+# add options for your terminal. Remember to add the last option to execute
+# your editor program, otherwise the script will fail.
+# see example in the addnote function
TERM_OPTS="--class notes --title notes -e "
JQ=${JQ:-/usr/bin/jq}
echo "${BASENAME} parameters are:"
echo " -h | --help : This help text"
echo " -p | --plain : Output is in plain text"
- echo " (without this option the output is colored)"
+ echo " (without this option the output is formatted)"
+ echo " (this option must precede all others)"
echo " -l | --list : List existing notes"
- echo " -a | --add <title> : Add new note"
- echo " -m | --modify <note> : Modify note"
- echo " -d | --date <note> : Modify date for note"
- echo " -r | --remove <note> : Remove note"
+ echo " -a | --add [\"<title>\"] : Add new note"
+ echo " -e | --edit [<note>] : Edit note"
+ echo " -d | --delete [<note> | all] : Delete single note or all notes at once"
echo " -v | --version : Print version"
echo " --userconf : Export User config file"
echo ""
}
function addnote() {
+ # remove eventually existing temp DB file
+ if [[ -f $TMPDB ]]; then
+ rm $TMPDB
+ fi
+
NOTETITLE="$1"
echo "adding new note - \"$NOTETITLE\""
LASTID=$($JQ '.notes[-1].id // 0 | tonumber' $DB)
touch ${NOTESDIR}/${NOW}
$JQ --arg i "$NOTEID" --arg t "$NOTETITLE" --arg f "$NOW" '.notes += [{"id": $i, "title": $t, "file": $f}]' "$DB" > $TMPDB
mv $TMPDB $DB
+ # example for alacritty:
+ # alacritty --class notes --title notes -e /usr/bin/vim ...
$(${TERMINAL} ${TERM_OPTS} ${EDITOR} ${NOTESDIR}/${NOW})
}
function listnotes() {
# [ $PLAIN == true ] && echo "output is plain text" || echo "output is colored"
if [[ $(ls -A $NOTESDIR) ]]; then
- echo "listing all notes"
- echo ""
- echo "[ID] [TITLE] [SIZE]"
+ if [ $PLAIN == false ]; then
+ echo "listing all notes"
+ echo ""
+ fi
+ [ $PLAIN == false ] && echo "[ID] [TITLE] [CREATED]"
for i in ${NOTESDIR}/*; do
- SIZE=$(du -k $i |cut -f 1)
+ local fname=$(basename $i)
+ DATE=$(date -d @${fname} +"%d/%m/%Y %R %z%Z")
TITLE=$($JQ -r --arg z $(basename $i) '.notes[] | select(.file == $z) | .title' $DB)
ID=$($JQ -r --arg z $(basename $i) '.notes[] | select(.file == $z) | .id' $DB)
-
- echo "[${ID}] ${TITLE} ${SIZE}kb"
+ [ $PLAIN == false ] && echo "[${ID}] ${TITLE} ${DATE}" || echo "${ID} - ${TITLE} - ${DATE}"
done
else
echo "no notes yet. You can add your first one with: ${BASENAME} -a \"your note title\""
FILE=$($JQ -r --arg i $OK '.notes[] | select(.id == $i) | .file' $DB)
if [ "$TITLE" ]; then
echo "editing note $TITLE"
- $(${TERMINAL} --class notes --title notes -e ${EDITOR} ${NOTESDIR}/${FILE})
+ $(${TERMINAL} ${TERM_OPTS} ${EDITOR} ${NOTESDIR}/${FILE})
else
echo "note not found"
exit 1
fi
}
-function datenote() {
- NOTE=$1
- local OK=$(check_noteID $NOTE)
- [ $OK ] && echo "editing date for note $OK" || echo "invalid note \"$NOTE\""
- # FILEDATE=$(date -d @$NOW +%d/%m/%Y_%T)
-
-}
-
function rmnote() {
+ # remove eventually existing temp DB file
+ if [[ -f $TMPDB ]]; then
+ rm $TMPDB
+ fi
+
NOTE=$1
- local OK=$(check_noteID $NOTE)
- [ $OK ] && echo "removing note $OK" || echo "invalid note \"$NOTE\""
+ if [ "all" == $NOTE ]; then
+ echo "You're going to delete all notes."
+ read -r -p "Do you wish to continue? (y/N) " ANSWER
+ case $ANSWER in
+ y|Y )
+ $JQ 'del(.notes[])' $DB > $TMPDB
+ mv $TMPDB $DB
+ rm $NOTESDIR/*
+ echo "Deleted all notes"
+ ;;
+ * )
+ echo "Aborting, no notes were deleted."
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ else
+ local OK=$(check_noteID $NOTE)
+ if [ ! $OK ]; then
+ echo "invalid note \"$NOTE\""
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ TITLE=$($JQ --arg i $OK '.notes[] | select(.id == $i) | .title' $DB)
+ FILE=$($JQ -r --arg i $OK '.notes[] | select(.id == $i) | .file' $DB)
+ if [ "$TITLE" ]; then
+ $JQ -r --arg i $OK 'del(.notes[] | select(.id == $i))' $DB > $TMPDB
+ mv $TMPDB $DB
+ rm $NOTESDIR/$FILE
+ echo "Deleted note $TITLE"
+ else
+ echo "note not found"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ fi
}
function export_config() {
# NOTE: This requires GNU getopt. On Mac OS X and FreeBSD, you have to install this
# separately; see below.
-GOPT=`getopt -o hvpla:m:d:r: --long help,version,list,plain,userconf,add:,modify:,date:,remove:,editor:,storage: \
+GOPT=`getopt -o hvpla:e:d: --long help,version,list,plain,userconf,add:,edit:,delete:,editor:,storage: \
-n 'bash-notes' -- "$@"`
if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
shift 2
addnote "$TITLE"
;;
- -m | --modify )
+ -e | --edit )
NOTE="$2"
shift 2
editnote "$NOTE"
;;
- -d | --date )
- NOTE="$2"
- shift 2
- datenote "$NOTE"
- ;;
- -r | --remove )
+ -d | --delete )
NOTE="$2"
shift 2
rmnote "$NOTE"
exit
;;
-- )
- shift; break
+ shift
+ break
;;
* )
break
