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andredtr/Bash - read Created date from .md files and update on created date on system

Created January 2, 2023 21:45
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Bash - read Created date from .md files and update on created date on system
#!/bin/bash
# usefull when importing notes from Notion.
# Update the creation date of each .md file
for file in *.md; do
created=$(grep "Created" "$file") # created="Created: January 20, 2020 8:16 PM"
# extract the date from the string
date=${created#*: } # date="January 20, 2020 8:16 PM"
# convert the date to a format that touch can understand
formatted_date=$(date -j -f "%B %d, %Y %I:%M %p" "$date" "+%Y%m%d%H%M.%S")
echo "$file: $formatted_date"
touch -t "$formatted_date" "$file"
done
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