File Module

This module contains every internal function related to files.

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`tp.file.content`

Retrieves the file's content

`tp.file.create_new(template: TFile ⎮ string, filename?: string, open_new: boolean = false, folder?: TFolder)`

Creates a new file using a specified template or with a specified content.

Arguments

filename: The filename of the new file, defaults to "Untitled".
folder: The folder to put the new file in, defaults to obsidian's default location. If you want the file to appear in a different folder, specify it with app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath("FOLDERNAME")
open_new: Whether to open or not the newly created file. Warning: if you use this option, since commands are executed asynchronously, the file can be opened first and then other commands are appended to that new file and not the previous file.
template: Either the template used for the new file content, or the file content as a string. If it is the template to use, you retrieve it with tp.file.find_tfile(TEMPLATENAME)

`tp.file.creation_date(format: string = "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm")`

Retrieves the file's creation date.

Arguments

format: Format for the date, refer to format reference

`tp.file.cursor(order?: number)`

Sets the cursor to this location after the template has been inserted.

You can navigate between the different tp.file.cursor using the configured hotkey in obsidian settings.

Arguments

order: The order of the different cursors jump, e.g. it will jump from 1 to 2 to 3, and so on. If you specify multiple tp.file.cursor with the same order, the editor will switch to multi-cursor.

`tp.file.cursor_append(content: string)`

Appends some content after the active cursor in the file.

Arguments

content: The content to append after the active cursor

`tp.file.exists(filename: string)`

The filename of the file we want to check existence. The fullpath to the file, relative to the Vault and containing the extension, must be provided. e.g. MyFolder/SubFolder/MyFile.

Arguments

filename: The filename of the file we want to check existence, e.g. MyFile.

`tp.file.find_tfile(filename: string)`

Search for a file and returns its TFile instance

Arguments

filename: The filename we want to search and resolve as a TFile

`tp.file.folder(relative: boolean = false)`

Retrieves the file's folder name.

Arguments

relative: If set to true, appends the vault relative path to the folder name.

`tp.file.include(include_link: string ⎮ TFile)`

Includes the file's link content. Templates in the included content will be resolved.

Arguments

include_link: The link to the file to include, e.g. [[MyFile]], or a TFile object. Also supports sections or blocks inclusions, e.g. [[MyFile#Section1]]

`tp.file.last_modified_date(format: string = "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm")`

Retrieves the file's last modification date.

Arguments

format: Format for the date, refer to format reference.

`tp.file.move(new_path: string, file_to_move?: TFile)`

Moves the file to the desired vault location.

Arguments

new_path: The new vault relative path of the file, without the file extension. Note: the new path needs to include the folder and the filename, e.g. /Notes/MyNote

`tp.file.path(relative: boolean = false)`

Retrieves the file's absolute path on the system.

Arguments

relative: If set to true, only retrieves the vault's relative path.

`tp.file.rename(new_title: string)`

Renames the file (keeps the same file extension).

Arguments

new_title: The new file title.

`tp.file.selection()`

Retrieves the active file's text selection.

`tp.file.tags`

Retrieves the file's tags (array of string)

`tp.file.title`

Retrieves the file's title.

Examples

File content: <% tp.file.content %>

File creation date: <% tp.file.creation_date() %>
File creation date with format: <% tp.file.creation_date("dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm") %>

File creation: [[<% (await tp.file.create_new("MyFileContent", "MyFilename")).basename %>]]

File cursor: <% tp.file.cursor(1) %>

File cursor append: <% tp.file.cursor_append("Some text") %>
    
File existence: <% await tp.file.exists("MyFolder/MyFile.md") %>
File existence of current file: <% await tp.file.exists(tp.file.folder(true)+"/"+tp.file.title+".md") %>

File find TFile: <% tp.file.find_tfile("MyFile").basename %>
    
File Folder: <% tp.file.folder() %>
File Folder with relative path: <% tp.file.folder(true) %>

File Include: <% tp.file.include("[[Template1]]") %>

File Last Modif Date: <% tp.file.last_modified_date() %>
File Last Modif Date with format: <% tp.file.last_modified_date("dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm") %>

File Move: <% await tp.file.move("/A/B/" + tp.file.title) %>
File Move + Rename: <% await tp.file.move("/A/B/NewTitle") %>

File Path: <% tp.file.path() %>
File Path with relative path: <% tp.file.path(true) %>

File Rename: <% await tp.file.rename("MyNewName") %>
Append a "2": <% await tp.file.rename(tp.file.title + "2") %>

File Selection: <% tp.file.selection() %>

File tags: <% tp.file.tags %>

File title: <% tp.file.title %>
Strip the Zettelkasten ID of title (if space separated): <% tp.file.title.split(" ")[1] %>

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