txt2evernote

#!/bin/bash
 
osaopts=
 
usage()
{
cat << EOF
Usage: `basename $0` [options] file
       cat file | `basename $0` [options]
 
OPTIONS:
    -h              Show this message
    -t <title>      Specify title of note
    -d <date>       Specify creation date of note
    -t <tag(s)>     Specify tags (separate with commas)
    -n <notebook>   Specify notebook
EOF
}
 
defined()
{
[ "${!1-X}" == "${!1-Y}" ]
}
 
# parse options
 
while getopts "ht:d:k:n:" option
do
     case $option in
         h)
             usage
             exit 1
             ;;
         t)
             title=$OPTARG
             shift $((OPTIND-1)); OPTIND=1
             ;;
         d)
             date=$OPTARG
             shift $((OPTIND-1)); OPTIND=1
             ;;
         k)
             tags=$OPTARG
             shift $((OPTIND-1)); OPTIND=1  
             ;;
         n)  notebook=$OPTARG
             shift $((OPTIND-1)); OPTIND=1
             ;;
         ?)
             usage
             exit
             ;;
     esac
done
 
# pass options to osaopts
 
if defined "title"; then
    osaopts="$osaopts title \"$title\""
fi
if defined "date"; then
    osaopts="$osaopts created date \"$date\""
fi
if defined "notebook"; then
    osaopts="$osaopts notebook \"$notebook\""
fi
if defined "tags"; then
    tags=`echo "$tags" | perl -pe "s/,/\",\"/g"`
    osaopts="$osaopts tags {\"$tags\"}"
fi  
 
# If no arguments, process STDIN
 
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then 
    orig=`mktemp -t txt2evernote`
    cat > $orig
elif [ -f "$@" ]; then # otherwise, arguments are file names
    orig="$@"
else
    echo "$@ not a readable file" >&1
fi
 
# Pass the goodies to osascript
 
osascript <<EOF
-- read file content        
 
set fileref_ to open for access "$orig" as POSIX file
set text_ to read fileref_ as «class utf8»
close access fileref_
 
-- send to Evernote
 
tell application "Evernote"
    create note with text text_ $osaopts
end tell
EOF