new-article.sh: utility for creation of article stub in cli

new-article.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set +e
+
+printf "%s" "Enter title: "
+read title
+
+printf "%s" "Enter directory name: "
+read directory
+
+if [ -d "./articles/$directory/" ]; then
+    echo "Directory already exists, aborted."
+    exit
+fi
+
+printf "%s" "Enter brief: "
+read brief
+
+printf "%s" "Enter tags: "
+read tags
+
+mkdir "./articles/$directory/"
+
+mask=$(cat <<-format
+Title:  %s
+Brief:  %s
+Date:   %s
+Tags:   %s
+CSS:    /style.css
+
+format
+)
+date=$(date +%s)
+
+printf "$mask" "$title" "$brief" "$date" "$tags" \
+    > "./articles/$directory/page.mmd"
+
+if which xdg-open &> /dev/null; then
+    xdg-open "./articles/$directory/page.mmd"
+fi