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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+numargs=2
+function usage {
+    echo "Usage: $0 [options] <post title> <post description>
+Options:
+    -i                    Create image directory
+    -d \"YYYY-MM-DD\"       Custom date to use instead of today
+    -V                    Verbose
+    -x                    Dry run, don't make any changes
+"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+td=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
+
+while [ "$(echo $1 | head -c1)" = '-' -o "$#" -gt $numargs ]; do
+    arg="$1"
+    shift
+
+    case "$arg" in
+    "-i") IMG_DIR=1;;
+    "-d") td=$1; shift;;
+    "-V") VERBOSE=1;;
+    "-x") DRY_RUN=1;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unknown option '$arg'"
+        usage;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ "$#" != $numargs ]; then usage; fi
+
+if [ ! -z $VERBOSE ]; then set -x; fi
+
+title="$1"
+clean_title=$(echo "$title" |\
+    tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' |\
+    sed 's/[^a-z0-9 ]//g' |\
+    tr ' ' '-' \
+    )
+
+description="$2"
+if $(echo "$description" | grep -q '[^.$!]$'); then
+    echo 'Description needs to be a complete sentence, with ending punctuation.'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+postFileName=_posts/$td-$clean_title.md
+echo "Creating $postFileName"
+postContent=$(cat <<EOF
+---
+title: >-
+    $title
+description: >-
+    $description
+---
+
+Write stuff here, title will automatically be added as an h1
+
+## Secondary header
+
+Title is already h1 so all sub-titles should be h2 or below.
+EOF
+)
+
+if [ -z $DRY_RUN ]; then
+    echo "$postContent" > "$postFileName"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z $IMG_DIR ]; then
+    imgDirName="img/$clean_title"
+    echo "Creating directory $imgDirName"
+    if [ -z $DRY_RUN ]; then
+        mkdir -p "$imgDirName"
+    fi
+fi