shellnotes

A simple and easy way to keep notes via your linux terminal.

Basic Commands:

newnote:

Write a new note using gedit.

quicknote:

Write a note directly from terminal.

readnote:

Read a note from your text-editor.

quickread:

Read a note directly from terminal.

listnotes:

View a full list of notes from your notes folder.

delnote:

Delete a note from your notes folder.

shellnotes(-v,-r,-h or --help):

Information about shellnotes.

findnote:

Find a specific note in your Notes folder.

findmisplacednote:

Find a misplaced note in your system.

renamenote:

Rename a note.

How to download

-You can either download or clone this repository.

How to install

step 1:

-Place the file "shellnotes.sh" and "help" into your home folder.

step 2:

-Rename the file and add a dot before its name. It should look like this: ".shellnotes.sh" and ".help" in the home folder.

step 3:

-Open the terminal and type: chmod +x ~/.shellnotes.sh

step 4:

-Open any text editor you want. Select "Open file" from its menu (Usually top left) and navigate to your home folder. Then, press Ctrl + H in order to show all the hidden files and folders in the home directory. Find a file called .bashrc and open it.

step 5:

-Go to the last line of the file you opened at step 4, and write: source ~/.shellnotes.sh in order to be able to use shellnotes every time you launch your terminal.

Warnings!

THIS SYSTEM IS MADE FOR BASH SHELL (Change your shell if necessary.)

DON'T CHANGE THE SCRIPT (Only in case you don't have the default editors who are gedit and nano. In that case, you can either change them, or install the default ones.)