Display Back Links
Note
Start this with cadmus tools backlinks
What does it do¶
This takes a notes path from the clipboard and displays in the terminal any files that link to it using either:
[markdown](./links.md)
[[wiki-links]]
How Do I use it¶
Copy a note path to the clipboard then run cadmus tools backlinks
, any notes that link to it will be displayed in the terminal.
When Would This Be Used¶
This is handy when you have some piece of code, somewhere, that you can't find but you're sure you linked to.
Example¶
How does it Work¶
This is just more ripgrep
:
rg -e "\[.*\]\(.*$term\.md\)" -e "\[\[$term\]\]" -e "\[\[$term.*\]\]" \
~/Notes/MD/notes \
-t markdown -ol
Note
See the script in /bin/tools/List-Backlinks.sh