--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+FILE="$HOME/doc/drafts/drafts.md"
+
+bar() {
+ seq -s - 80 | sed -E 's/[0-9]+//g'
+}
+
+header() {
+ printf 'untitled\n'
+ bar
+ date +'started: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z'
+ printf '\n\n'
+}
+
+(header && cat "$FILE") | sponge "$FILE" # sponge is in moreutils package