Script for creating common subfolders in a folder for a manuscript on my local computer. The script also writes an A readme.md file with a description of the role of each subfolder.
I was tired of having heterogeneous subfolder structures for different research papers, so I wrote this script. I am sharing this script on GitHub because it might inspire others to follow a similar approach and because I needed to get it under version control.
My workflow involves writing the manuscript in LaTeX on Overleaf. I have additional subfolders on Overleaf. The project on Overleaf is under version control in the `ov' subfolder.
I store this script in a folder called 000manuscripts in my home directory.
I have mapped this script to an alias stored in my .bashrc or .zshrc file:
alias setupManuscript='cp ~/000manuscripts/setupManuscript.sh . && ./setupManuscript.sh && echo "Now write the paper!"'After sourcing the .zshrc file to load the alias, I created a new manuscript folder in my home folder, moved to it, and entered setupManuscript in the terminal.
I can create the manuscript folder structure I need for a research paper in a few seconds and with very little mental bandwidth.
I found the empty subfolders in a new project folder to add clutter.
A better approach might be to hide these subfolders by preceding their names with a period.
When the folder is needed, the prepended period can be removed.
The revealed subfolder will have a standardized name.
This revised approach is found in setupManuscript2.sh.
| Version | Changes | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Version 0.2 | Added funding and update table. Added setupManuscript2.sh. | 2024 May 22 |
- NIH: R01 CA242845
- NIH: R01 AI088011
- NIH: P30 CA225520 (PI: R. Mannel)
- NIH: P20 GM103640 and P30 GM145423 (PI: A. West)