Jekyll create post helper script

Keep this little bash script in the root of your Jekyll site to quickly create a template for a new post.

Script

Create a .sh file in your root, for example new_post.sh and poast the code below into it.

#!/bin/bash
header="---
layout: post
title:  
date:   $(date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S\ %z)
categories: 
---"
postdir="_posts"
filename="$postdir/$(date +%F)-$1.markdown"
echo "Creating $filename"
echo "$header" >> "$filename"

Usage

In the terminal cd into your Jekyll site and run the script by passing in the title of the new post as a parameter.

./new_post.sh new-post-title