Added newpost plugin. Creates a new jekyll post with the current date, and a user specified title. Even fills in the YAML Front Matter. Sorry if that seemed like bragging, I just wanted everyone to notice so they could make use of it better...
diff --git a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
index 31fb9a3..1933f07 100644
--- a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
+++ b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
newpost() {
+ # 'cd' into the local jekyll root
+
+ cd "$JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT/_posts"
+
# Get the date for the new post's filename
FNAME_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
@@ -8,5 +12,45 @@
read -p "Enter title of the new post: " POST_TITLE
+ # Convert the spaces in the title to hyphens for use in the filename
+ FNAME_POST_TITLE=`echo $POST_TITLE | tr ' ' "-"`
+
+ # Now, put it all together for the full filename
+
+ FNAME="$FNAME_DATE-$FNAME_POST_TITLE.$JEKYLL_FORMATTING"
+
+ # And, finally, create the actual post file. But we're not done yet...
+
+ touch "$FNAME"
+
+ # Write a little stuff to the file for the YAML Front Matter
+
+ echo "---" >> $FNAME
+
+ # Now we have to get the date, again. But this time for in the header (YAML Front Matter) of
+ # the file
+
+ YAML_DATE=$(date "+%B %d %X")
+
+ # Echo the YAML Formatted date to the post file
+
+ echo "date: $YAML_DATE" >> $FNAME
+
+ # Echo the original post title to the YAML Front Matter header
+
+ echo "title: $POST_TITLE" >> $FNAME
+
+ # And, now, echo the "post" layout to the YAML Front Matter header
+
+ echo "layout: post" >> $FNAME
+
+ # Close the YAML Front Matter Header
+
+ echo "---" >> $FNAME
+ echo >> $FNAME
+
+ # Open the file in your favorite editor
+
+ $EDITOR $FNAME
}