shell/ not bash/

shell/next.sh

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+# Get the file name in any numbered series of text files and open with emacs
+
+# Usage:
+#     $ next [descriptor]
+
+# Handles an optional string descriptor. Like this:
+#    $ ls
+#    011.blah.md
+#    $ next foo
+#    012.foo.md
+
+# File format:
+# in regex terms:
+#   [0-9]+\.[.*\.]*md|txt
+# in plain terms:
+#   [leadings numbers with consistent width].[optional string descriptor and . separator][md|txt]
+
+# NOTE the optional $1 arg passed to awk with -v:
+NEXTFILE=`$UMBASEPATH/last.sh | awk -f $UMBASEPATH/next.awk -v arg=$1`
+
+# HACK: emacs won't accept piped input as a file name, so we use --eval to open
+# the file via find-file.
+emacsclient --eval "(progn (find-file \"$NEXTFILE\") (uldb-journal-header) (message \"creating $NEXTFILE\"))"