create-letter

#!/bin/bash

LETTER_DIR="${HOME}/Dokumente/Briefverkehr/"
PRESET_DIR="${HOME}/Dokumente/Briefverkehr/Vorlage/"

openletterpath() {
    subl "${LETTER_PATH}"
}
CURRENT_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)

CURRENT_COUNT=$(ls "${LETTER_DIR}" | grep "^${CURRENT_DATE}" | wc -l)
CURRENT_COUNT=$((${CURRENT_COUNT}+1))
ID="${CURRENT_DATE}-${CURRENT_COUNT}"

echo $ID;

echo "Who is the recipient of the letter?"
recipient=""
while true; do
	read recipient_part
	if [ "${recipient_part}" ]; then
		if [ -z "${recipient}" ]; then
			recipient="${recipient_part}"
		else
			recipient="${recipient}\\\\${recipient_part}"
		fi
	else
		break
	fi
done

if [ "${recipient}" ]; then
	echo "What is the recipient's address?"
	address=""
	while true; do
		read address_part
		if [ "${address_part}" ]; then
			if [ -z "${address}" ]; then
				address="${address_part}"
			else
				address="${address}\\\\${address_part}"
			fi
		else
			break
		fi
	done
fi

read -p "What is the subject of the letter? " subject

SAVE_SUBJECT=$(echo "$subject" | sed 's,/,_,g')

if [ "${subject}" ]; then
	ID="${ID} (${SAVE_SUBJECT})"
fi;

LETTER_PATH="${LETTER_DIR}/${ID}"

cp -r "${PRESET_DIR}" "${LETTER_PATH}"

cat >> "${LETTER_PATH}/Data.tex" <<EOF
\newcommand{\komatoname}{${recipient}}
\setkomavar{toaddress}{${address}}
\setkomavar{subject}{${subject}}
EOF

openletterpath

cd "${LETTER_PATH}"
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