NanoBlogger - small weblog engine for the UNIX command line

nb [-b blog_dir] [options]

NanoBlogger User's manual.

NanoBlogger is a small weblog engine written in Bash for the command line. It uses common unix tools, such as cat, grep and sed. It's free to use and modify under the GNU General Public License.

--blogdir [myblog_dir] --add

Where myblog_dir is a nonexistent directory. This will create a new directory, copy the default files over, and then let you edit the weblog's configuration. Multiple weblogs can be created this way. Running the same command again on an existing weblog directory will add a new entry.

--blogdir [myblog_dir] --configure -u all

This opens blog.conf from the weblog directory for editing and updates the entire weblog.

[-b blog_dir] -a

Add a new entry

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -a

Add a new entry to a category

[-b blog_dir] -t “New Entry” -n [entry_author] -a

Set title and author for new entry

[-b blog_dir] -t “New Entry” -n [entry_author] -M “My message.” -a

Set title, author, and body for new entry

[-b blog_dir] -l

List current entries

[-b blog_dir] -l all

List all entries

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -l

List entries for a category

[-b blog_dir] -e 1

Edit the last entry created

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -e 1

Edit an entry from a category

[-b blog_dir] -e 1,2,3

Edit multiple entries

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -m 1

Move an entry to a category

[-b blog_dir] -c 1,2,3 -m 1

Move an entry to multiple categories

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -m 1,2,3

Move multiple entries to a category

[-b blog_dir] -d 1

Permanently delete an entry

[-b blog_dir] -d 1,2,3

Permanently delete multiple entries

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -d 1

Delete an entry from a category

[-b blog_dir] -c new -a

Create a new category

[-b blog_dir] -t “New Category” -c new -a

Set the title for a new category

[-b blog_dir] -l cat

List available categories

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -t “News” -e cat

Edit a category's title

[-b blog_dir] -c 1 -d cat

Delete a category

[-b blog_dir] -u all

Update the Weblog's Data Directory

The articles plugin provides a simple way for NanoBlogger to automatically generate and update articles for your weblog. Creating a new article is easy, create a new file in the articles directory and save it with the suffix, "txt". To remove an article simply rename it's suffix to something other than "txt" or remove it from the articles directory.

Edit templates/main_links.htm to add new links.

/etc/nanoblogger/nb.conf

NanoBlogger written by Kevin Wood (n1xt3r) <un1xt3r@fastmail.fm>

This manual page was written by William Vera <billy@billy.com.mx> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation

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