create_mtg.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Time-stamp: <Friday 2024-10-07 11:22:02 Jess Moore>
#
# Creates a markdown meeting file
#
# Usage: bash create_mtg.sh 20230407-notes.md "Mtg with xyz" "Jane, Bob, Liz, Sam" "ANU"

# shellcheck disable=SC2012
SOURCE=$(ls -l "$(which "$0")" | awk '{print $11}')

function usage() {
    echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") 'title' 'attendee1, attendee2' 'place'"
    echo ""
    echo "Description: This script creates a markdown file for"
    echo "             meeting notes prepopulated with fields: title, "
    echo "             date, author, location, and headings for actions, "
    echo "             talking points, and discussion."
    echo ""
    echo "Arguments:"
    echo "  title:     Meeting title in quotes."
    echo "  attendees: Comma separated attendees surrounded "
    echo "             in quotes."
    echo "  place:     Meeting location in quotes, e.g. Teams."
    echo ""
    echo "Source: $SOURCE"
    echo ""
    exit 1 # Exit with a non-zero status to indicate an error
}

if [[ $# -eq 0 || $* == *"help"* || $* == *"-h"* ]]; then
    usage
fi

AUTHOR=$(id -F)
NOW=$(date "+%A %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
TITLE=$1
ATTENDEES=$2
PLACE=$3

## Form filename with syntax YYmmdd-person1_person2_author.md
# Convert attendees to lc, replace ' ' with '_'
PEOPLE_SUMM=$(echo "$ATTENDEES" | awk '{print tolower($0);}' | sed 's/ /_/g')

# Read into array
delimiter=","
# Store the original IFS to restore it later
OIFS=$IFS

# Set IFS to the desired delimiter
IFS="$delimiter"
read -ra PEOPLE <<< "$PEOPLE_SUMM"
# Restore original delimiter
IFS=$OIFS

# replace ", " with "_"
# PEOPLE_SUMM=$(echo "$PEOPLE_SUMM" | sed 's/,/ /g;s/  / /g;s/ /_/g')


# PERSON1=${PEOPLE[0]}
# echo "Person 1: ${PERSON1}"
N_PEOPLE=${#PEOPLE[@]}


# Form new paper name
if [ "$N_PEOPLE" -eq "1" ]; then

    # 1 author
    PEOPLE_STR=${PEOPLE[0]}

elif [ "$N_PEOPLE" -eq "2" ]; then

    # 2 authors
    PEOPLE_STR="${PEOPLE[0]}_${PEOPLE[1]}"

else
    # More than 2 authors
    PEOPLE_STR="${PEOPLE[0]}_etal"

fi

# Get lowercase firstname of author
AUTHOR_SUMM=$(echo "$AUTHOR" | awk '{print tolower($1);}')
DATE_SUMM=$(date "+%Y%m%d")
# Form filename
FILENAME="${DATE_SUMM}-${PEOPLE_STR}_${AUTHOR_SUMM}.md"


cat > "${FILENAME}" << EOF
# ${TITLE}

*Date: ${NOW} ${AUTHOR}*

*Attendees: ${ATTENDEES}, ${AUTHOR}*

*Location: ${PLACE}*

## Actions

- Foo
- Foo2

## Agenda

1.
2.
3.
4. Next actions/mtg

## Talking Points

1.
2.
3.

## Discussion





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EOF