mkdir-date

A tool to create directories for each days in a period of time.

Installation

npm i mkdir-date

Usage

npx mkdir-date --help

Usage:
  mkdir-date [from] [to] [target]

Example: create a directory for each day for a year quarter
  mkdir-date 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 ./period/q1

Arguments:
  from         The start of the date period in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD).
  to           The end of the date period in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD).
  target       The target directory where directories will be created.

Options:
  --skip-day   Indicates a day in a week to skip. Starting on Sunday as 0 and Saturday as 6.
               It can be used more than once.
               Example: skip weekend
                 --skip-day=0 --skip-day=6
  --pattern    The pattern to use when creating directories.
               Default: yyyy/LL/dd
               See https://date-fns.org/v2.16.1/docs/format for more information.
  --locale     The local to use when applying the pattern when creating directories
               Default: enUS
               See https://date-fns.org/v2.16.1/docs/I18n for more information.

Arguments

from

The start of the date period in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD).

to

The end of the date period in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD).

target

The target directory where directories will be created.

Note: If the target doesn't exist then it will be created.

Options

--skip-day

Indicates a day in a week to skip. Starting on Sunday as 0 and Saturday as 6. It can be used more than once.

Example to skip weekend days: --skip-day=0 --skip-day=6 or --skip-day=0,6

--pattern

The pattern to use when creating directories. View more information on tokens.

Default: yyyy/LL/dd.

--locale

The local to use when applying the pattern when creating directories. View more information on locales.

Default: enUS.

Examples

Create directories for each weekend days in a month

npx mkdir-date 2021-01-01 2021-01-31 ./january-weekends --skip-day=1,2,3,4,5

Output:

Create directories using a different pattern

npx mkdir-date 2021-01-01 2021-01-07 ./week --pattern="yyyy/LLLL/dd"

Output:

Create directories using a different locale

npx mkdir-date 2021-01-01 2021-01-07 ./week --pattern="yyyy/LLLL/dd" --locale=es

Output:

Development

1. Clone this repository.
2. Install dependencies: npm i.
3. Run it locally: npm start or ./src/bin.js

Tests

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