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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+IFS="
+"
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+then
+	echo "Converts a folder of tiddlers into system/hidden tiddlers so that TiddlyWiki will ignore them (including the build-in search)."
+	echo
+	echo "Usage:  hide.sh /path/to/folder"
+	exit
+fi
+
+files=$(find $1 -type f -name '*.tid' -or -name '*.meta')
+
+for f in  ${files} ;
+do
+	echo "${f}"
+
+	# add the '$:' system title prefix
+	sed --in-place --regexp-extended --expression='s|title: ([^$].*)|title: $:\1|' "${f}"
+
+	# add a 'hidden' tag
+	sed --in-place --regexp-extended --expression='s|tags: (.*)|tags: \1 hidden|' "${f}"
+done
+