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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# hitler.rip
+# temporary script that implements sorting articles by date
+# © 2025 hitler.rip <git@hitler.rip>
+# licensed under AGPLv3-or-later; see licenses/code.md for more information
+
+declare -A articlearr
+declare -a workingarr
+declare -A thebestarr
+
+cd ./src/articles/
+
+echo "[test] SECTION - DETERMINE DATE"
+
+for i in *.md; do
+
+	echo "[test] reading: $i"
+
+	filename=$( echo "$i" | rev | cut -c4- | rev )
+
+	if [ "$filename" != "index" ]; then
+
+		export WEBMETA_DATE=""
+
+		if [ -e "$filename.meta" ]; then
+			echo "[test] running script: $filename.meta"
+			source ./"$filename".meta
+		fi
+
+		if [ "$WEBMETA_DATE" == "" ]; then
+			export WEBMETA_DATE="2001-09-11*"
+		fi
+
+		articlearr["$filename"]="$WEBMETA_DATE"
+	
+	fi
+
+done
+
+echo "[test] SECTION - SORT"
+
+workingarr=($( sort -nr < <(printf '%s\n' "${articlearr[@]}") ))
+
+for date in "${workingarr[@]}"; do
+
+	for key in "${!articlearr[@]}"; do
+		if [ "${articlearr[$key]}" == "$date" ]; then
+			echo "$date matches $key"
+			thebestarr["$date"]="$key"
+		fi
+	done
+
+done
+
+echo "[test] SECTION - GENERATE"
+
+# ...
+