🔧 Tips Code Structure

Main Script: tips.sh

• Loads config files and environment variables
• Loads tipsFunctions.sh
• Parses command-line arguments via getopts
• Calls mapped function based on argument (-a, -s, -u, -J, etc.)

Helper File: tipsFunctions.sh

• add_record – Create a new record
• update_record – Modify an existing record
• search_records – Search by keyword
• fuzzy_search – Regex-enabled search
• title_only_search – Search in the title field
• filter_by_category – Exact match on category
• filter_by_tag – Partial match on tags
• summary_search – Search using summary format
• show_all_records – Print entire dataset
• show_summary – Print summary format
• tail_records – Show last N entries
• edit_attachment, edit_datafile – Launches vi
• convert_to_json, convert_to_yaml – Export structured formats
• validate_records – Checks for malformed lines
• generate_report – Runs optional report logic