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| author | EuAndreh <eu@euandre.org> | 2020-10-23 06:40:12 -0300 |
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| committer | EuAndreh <eu@euandre.org> | 2020-10-23 06:40:12 -0300 |
| commit | da68ac2ae2457196360df43fcc4943db672a193b (patch) | |
| tree | 22e396d8320218ef12b1b12588fa1ab37b449de6 /_tils/2020-08-12-simple-filname-timestamp.md | |
| parent | assert-content.sh: Include page title when checking for unique refs (diff) | |
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assert-content.sh: Enforce filename to be title slug + date
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diff --git a/_tils/2020-08-12-simple-filname-timestamp.md b/_tils/2020-08-12-simple-filname-timestamp.md deleted file mode 100644 index a02c70b..0000000 --- a/_tils/2020-08-12-simple-filname-timestamp.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Simple filename timestamp -date: 2020-08-12 -layout: post -lang: en -ref: simple-filename-timestamp ---- -When writing Jekyll posts or creating log files with dates on them, I usually -struggle with finding a direct way of accomplishing that. There's a simple -solution: `date -I`. - -```shell -./my-program.sh > my-program.$(date -I).log -cp post-template.md _posts/$(date -I)-post-slug.md -``` - -Using this built-in GNU/Linux tool allows you to `touch $(date -I).md` to readily -create a `2020-08-12.md` file. - -I always had to read `man date` or search the web over and over, and after doing -this repeatedly it became clear that both `date -I` and `date -Is` (`s` here -stands for seconds) are the thing that I'm looking for 95% of the time: - -```shell -# inside my-program.sh -echo "Program started at $(date -Is)" -# output is: -# Program started at 2020-08-12T09:04:58-03:00 -``` - -Both date formats are hierarchical, having the bigger time intervals to the -left. This means that you can easily sort them (and even tab-complete them) with -no extra effort or tool required. |
