balaraj74/linux-notes

Linux Notes CLI

Use simple bash commands to manage markdown notes in ~/friday-notes/. This is a Linux alternative to Apple Notes.

Setup

Create the notes directory:

mkdir -p ~/friday-notes

View Notes

List all notes

find ~/friday-notes -name "*.md" -type f -printf "%T@ %p\n" | sort -rn | cut -d' ' -f2- | head -20

View a specific note

cat ~/friday-notes/note-name.md

Search notes (fuzzy)

grep -ril "search query" ~/friday-notes/

Search with context

grep -rin "search query" ~/friday-notes/

Create Notes

Create a new note

cat > ~/friday-notes/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-note-title.md << 'EOF'
# Note Title

Note content goes here...
EOF

Quick note with title

echo "# Quick Note Title" > ~/friday-notes/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-quick-note.md
echo "" >> ~/friday-notes/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-quick-note.md
echo "Note content here" >> ~/friday-notes/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-quick-note.md

Append to existing note

echo "" >> ~/friday-notes/note-name.md
echo "Additional content" >> ~/friday-notes/note-name.md

Edit Notes

Edit with nano (simple)

nano ~/friday-notes/note-name.md

Edit with vim

vim ~/friday-notes/note-name.md

Delete Notes

Delete a specific note

rm ~/friday-notes/note-name.md

Move to trash (safer)

mkdir -p ~/friday-notes/.trash
mv ~/friday-notes/note-name.md ~/friday-notes/.trash/

Organize Notes

Create folders for categories

mkdir -p ~/friday-notes/work
mkdir -p ~/friday-notes/personal
mkdir -p ~/friday-notes/ideas

Move note to folder

mv ~/friday-notes/note-name.md ~/friday-notes/work/

List notes in folder

ls -la ~/friday-notes/work/

Advanced

Count total notes

find ~/friday-notes -name "*.md" -type f | wc -l

Recent notes (last 7 days)

find ~/friday-notes -name "*.md" -type f -mtime -7

Notes containing specific word

grep -l "important" ~/friday-notes/*.md

Notes

• Linux-only (alternative to Apple Notes).
• Notes are stored as markdown files in ~/friday-notes/.
• Supports any text editor for editing.
• Easy backup with cp -r ~/friday-notes ~/backup/.