Karen Lewellen wrote: > My goal is clear text, that my screen reader can manage, when I use its own > review mode. > Does that make more sense? > My goals are very tight, as I want to locate a file I saved within this > small window, with screen output that my talking computer manages.
This makes sense. We are handicapped by not having experience with your precise tools, so we are trying to explain all the tools that might do what you require. I have found in many situations that I want to store files in a directory tree rather than a single directory: /home/files/2026/05/12/acorn.txt /home/files/2026/05/12/mighty-oak.txt and if I then want to compile a file which is the sum of every note about project mighty-oak, I use cat 2026/*/*/mighty-oak.txt >> current-mighty-oak.txt The >> symbols cause the various files to all be added to the receiving file, rather than each one replacing it. I would use a simple shell script to create today's directory if it does not already exist: #!/bin/sh $TODAY=`date +%Y/%m/%d` mkdir -p /home/files/$TODAY On the other hand, if you routinely put dates inside your text files, you could use grep -rl 20250417 *txt Will look for the date 20250417 in every file in the current directory tree with a txt extension, and print their names. I hope these ideas help.
