rrottmann / mkfilename

Utility to generate filenames for archiving.

mkfilename

Utility to generate filenames for archiving.

Why?

I wanted to archive quick notes for easy retrieval. Over time I found a naming convention that proved to be useful. In order to quickly generate matching names, I wrote this utility. Over time this neatly sorts your notes.

I use this quite some time now and thought about releasing it to public.

How

You copy a heading to clipboard and call this utility. As a result, you will receive a proper filename in your clipboard.

I generate a portable executeable for Linux, Windows and Mac and usually distribute that on my workstations. Then I create a shortcut and whenever I need to generate a filename from a selected heading, I click the link.

The script freeze.sh creates a standalone version.

Example

1. Copy Python is a high-level, interpreted, general-purpose programming language to clipboard.
2. Run ./mkfilename.py --clipboard
3. Paste you clipboard contents. You should get 220812-python-is-a-high-level-interpreted-general-purpose-programming-language.md

License

This code is released under MIT license.