From c7038ec53ac27a936d69d3d0aa3e1325a424ecb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edward <delaport@illinois.edu>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 15:08:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for bash octal

---
 bin/mg | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/mg b/bin/mg
index c78f32a..567d1b4 100755
--- a/bin/mg
+++ b/bin/mg
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
 # Optionally include a second search term
 
 year=`date +%Y`
+month=`date +%m`
 # File to gather all content into
 topic=$1
 if [ ! -n "$1" ]; then
 	echo "A topic to gather is required."
 	exit 1
 fi
-fname=$(printf "$HOME/Journal/$year/%02d-$topic.md" $(date +%m))
+
+mkdir -p "$HOME/Journal/$year"
+fname="$HOME/Journal/$year/$month-$topic.md"
 archive="$HOME/Journal/archive-$year/" 
 
 # Files to gather
-- 
2.47.3