This script crreates an empty post for the next (or current) Tuesday.

Author: normanlorrain

create_post.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Calculate the next Tuesday (or today if it's Tuesday)
+# In Linux date, weekday: 0=Sunday, 1=Monday, ..., 6=Saturday
+current_weekday=$(date +%w)              # 0=Sun ... 6=Sat
+days_to_tuesday=$(( (2 - current_weekday + 7) % 7 ))
+
+# If today is Tuesday, days_to_tuesday will be 0 → perfect
+# Add the calculated days
+tuesday=$(date -d "+${days_to_tuesday} days" +%Y-%m-%d)
+
+year=$(date -d "$tuesday" +%Y)
+month=$(date -d "$tuesday" +%02m)
+day=$(date -d "$tuesday" +%02d)
+
+# Define paths
+folder_path="docs/posts/$year/$month/$day"
+file_path="$folder_path/index.md"
+
+# Create the directory (including parents) if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p "$folder_path"
+
+# YAML frontmatter
+cat << EOF > "$file_path"
+---
+title: "Your Blog Post Title"
+date: $tuesday
+authors:
+ - chris | norm | omar
+---
+
+TOPIC_INTRODUCTION_HERE
+
+Everyone and anyone are welcome to [join](https://weeklydevchat.com/join/) as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.
+
+![alt text](${tuesday}_image_filename.webp)
+EOF
+
+echo "Blog post template created at $file_path"