Obsidian Commander

Obsidian Commander is a vault that shows how to add missing functionality to Obsidian. It does this by letting you call system commands or other command line applications. Their output is inserted into your active note at the cursor. And optionally they can transform and replace highlighted text.

The uses cases range from the simple to the complex:

• simple insert: insert the current date
• simple transformation: sort or filter a list
• more complex: fetch data from the internet and transform it
• custom: run a program or script and insert the output

Below is an animated GIF that demonstrates:

1. Running a system command to get the current date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format
2. Fetching upcoming US holidays and displaying them in a markdown table

Now instead of saying "I wish Obsidian did what this other program does", you can just add the missing functionality. No need to wait for a plugin developer to create it or for the Obsidian developers to implement the missing feature.

Many CLI applications or publicly accessible APIs exists to solve problems or transform text. With Obsidian Commander the power is back in your hands to rapidly add missing features or solve your unique problems.

What's included in the vault:

• A script to execute commands
• UI menus to:
  • run a new command
  • run a previous command
  • edit and run a previous command
  • save a command with a friendly name
  • run a named command
  • delete a named command
  • output of command
    • replace selected text
    • show as notification
    • copy to clipboard
  • accept command parameters with 'named parameters'
• Example named commands
• Instructions to add these capabilities from the sample vault to another vault
• The warm feeling of encouraging more content like this to be created for you in the future!

Enjoy!