fuzzy bash notes

Quick and simple personal note system written in a single bash script.

Made to take random, small notes in Linux using a terminal. No idea how it'd work anywhere else.

• Pick and search notes using fzf.
• Create, delete and rename notes.
• Edit in your terminal editor of choice.

Not my idea, see Acknowledgments

Prerequisites

• bash
• fzf
• a terminal editor of some kind
• bat (optional, nicer previews)

Installation

If you already know how to add a bash script to your PATH, skip to configuration.

1. Get the notes script by downloading or cloning this repository.
2. Include the script in your PATH.

• If you don't know how PATH works, just put notes in $HOME/.local/bin
• Might need to add PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH to your initialization scripts (e.g. put it at the end of your .bashrc)

3. Make sure the script is executable.

• chmod +x <path-to-notes-script>

Configuration

You can use it as-is, but if you want to change something, edit the variables near the top of the script or define the following environment variables:

• BNOTES_EXT: extension used when making new note files
• BNOTES_NEW: name of the option for creating a new note
• BNOTES_DEL: name of the option for deleting a note
• BNOTES_MOV: name of the option for renaming a note
• BNOTES_BIN: absolute path or name of binary to edit notes with

If $BNOTES_BIN is not set, $EDITOR will be used. If $EDITOR is not set, $VISUAL will be used.

Use

Run the script in a terminal (type notes & enter).

Write some notes.

Acknowledgments

Idea taken from Casey Brant's Simple Notes Taking with fzf and vim.

Some more ideas taken from elsewhere but I can't find it right now.

Alternatives

There are so many. Folks seem to love taking notes :^)

Interestingly, while searching for Brant's blog again post I found alichtman/fzf-notes. Lichtman's version supports notebooks, along with other nifty features.