Obsidian Daily Note Cleanup

Ruby version preferred Python script is older and not updated

This is a simple script that completes the following tasks:

Move 'empty' files to the trash

'Empty' is determined by comparing each file to the Template file used by Obsidian to create a new note each day.

My template generates a title line based on the date, since this will always be different, the script just ignores this first line.

Ruby Script The newer .rb script dynamically ignores the date line regardless of location.

The remaining lines are checked for any differences, if there are none the file will be moved to the Trash.

Move files created 7 or more days ago to an Archive folder

After removing 'empty' files, the script checks if each remaining file was created 7 or more days ago.

If the file is 7+ days old, it is moved to Archive.

Configuration

Variables that should be updated when using on a different system:

Ruby

OBSIDIAN_PATH - point to abs path of Obsidian vault

TRASH_PATH - update user folder name

ARCHIVE_TIME - default set to 7 days, can be adjusted to any time period

Python

notes_path - point to abs path of notes

trash_path - update user folder name

archive_path - point to abs path of archive directory

template - update rel path of .md template file that Obsidian is using to generate new Daily Notes

Optional:

archive_time - default set to 7 days, can be adjusted to any time period