#!/bin/bash

# Created By: srdusr
# Created On: Wed 25 Oct 2023 13:45:52 CAT
# Project: Simple script to track most recent books opened, mainly for neovim usage.

# Dependencies: inotify-tools

books_directory="$HOME/documents/books"
recent_books_file="$HOME/.config/nvim/tmp/recent_books.txt"

inotifywait -m -e CREATE -e OPEN -r "$books_directory" |
    while read -r path action file; do
        if [[ $file == *.pdf || $file == *.epub ]]; then
            echo "$path/$file" >>"$recent_books_file"
            # Remove duplicates and overwrite the recent_books_file
            sort -u -o "$recent_books_file" "$recent_books_file"
        fi
    done