Hugo new post Bash function
Hugo has a hugo new helper command that
can generate new content files for you. It doesn’t quite do what I want, though,
so I’ve added this quick Bash function to my .profile to make it easier to
use:
hnp() {
hugo new "${2:-posts}/$(date +%Y)/$(date +%m)/${1}/index.md"
}
All it does is create a new post file in its own content directory at a date-based path, which is the structure I use for my Hugo sites.
Use it like this:
hnp my-post-slug
And you’ll get a file at content/posts/2022/01/my-post-slug/index.md with
initial content like:
---
title: "My Post Slug"
date: 2022-01-15T12:52:06Z
draft: true
---
You can also specify an optional second argument if you don’t want the item at
posts:
hnp my-post-slug blog
Will create a new file at content/blog/2022/01/my-post-slug/index.md.