added "-f" option to force creation

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/new-doc b/new-doc
index 23fdadb..b11ac79 100755
--- a/new-doc
+++ b/new-doc
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@ shopt -s extglob
 
 now="$(TZ=UTC date +'%F %T')"
 
+force=0
+if [[ "$1" == "-f" ]]; then
+    force=1
+    shift
+fi
 docname="$1"
 shift
 declare -a tags
 tags=("$@")
 
-if [[ -d "$docname" ]]; then
+if [[ -d "$docname" && "$force" -ne 1 ]]; then
     >&2 echo "\"$docname\" already exists"
     exit 1
 fi