ned: everything seems to be working fine, I'm calling this ned v1.0

.config/shell/bin/ned

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# v1.0
 # NEd: Note Editor (and your best friend!)
 # Ned can edit and create notes in a folder you tell him to!
 # Depends: fzf
 
+# TODO: make it so the script assumes you are editing, and automatically creates a new document if the file to edit doesn't exist
+
 # shellcheck disable=SC2068,SC2178,SC2128
 
 # set default values if things are unset
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ usage() {
 		   new <folder> [note name]        create a new note in the matched class folder
 		   edit [folder]                   search for and edit a text document in a folder
 		   help                            print this message
+		   ned                             edit ned (the thing you just ran)
 
 		Notes:
 		   Right now, only the first letter of each option is considered, so \`ned n\` and \`ned neww\` do the same thing
@@ -29,14 +33,16 @@ usage() {
 edit() {
    check_setup
 
-   # set search term
-   if [ -z "$2" ]; then
-      echo "Error: no search term provided" >&2
-      exit 1
+   if [ -n "$3" ]; then
+      SEARCH_TERM="$3"
+      if [ -d "$NOTES_DIR/$2"* ]; then
+         NOTES_DIR="$(echo "$NOTES_DIR"/"$2"*)"
+      fi
+   elif [ -n "$2" ]; then
+      SEARCH_TERM="$2"
    fi
 
-   SEARCH_TERM="$2"
-   NOTE_PATH="$(cd "$NOTES_DIR" && fzf -1 -q "$SEARCH_TERM" --layout=reverse --info=inline --height=10%)"
+   NOTE_PATH="$NOTES_DIR/$(cd "$NOTES_DIR" && fzf -1 -q "$SEARCH_TERM" --layout=reverse --info=inline --height=10%)"
 
    $EDITOR_CMD "$NOTE_PATH"
 }
@@ -45,10 +51,12 @@ new() {
    check_setup
 
    # Find out note name
-   if [ -z "$3" ]; then
-      NOTE_NAME="$(date +'%F').md"
-   else
+   if [ -n "$3" ]; then
       NOTE_NAME="$3.md"
+   elif [ -n "$2" ]; then
+      NOTE_NAME="$2.md"
+   else
+      NOTE_NAME="$(date +'%F').md"
    fi
 
    NOTE_PATH="$(fd -ad 1 "^$2" "$NOTES_DIR")"
@@ -68,7 +76,6 @@ new() {
    # check if there is a notes directory in the note path
    if [ -d "$NOTE_PATH/notes" ]; then
       NOTE_PATH="$NOTE_PATH/notes"
-
    # if there is no notes directory
    else
       PROMPT="Place note in… "
@@ -77,6 +84,7 @@ new() {
 
    if [ -f "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME" ]; then
       echo "File already exists. Opening..."
+      sleep 0.5
       $EDITOR_CMD "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME"
    else
       cd "$NOTE_PATH" || exit
@@ -86,11 +94,11 @@ new() {
 			<!-- vim: wrap nonu nornu
 			-->
 		EOF
+      STARTING_MD5="$(md5sum "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME")"
       $EDITOR_CMD "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME"
-      if [ "$(md5sum "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME")" = 'c0269c768dbafd5d25dcf8144b3dd133' ]; then
-         echo 'file unmodified'
+      if [ "$(md5sum "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME")" = "$STARTING_MD5" ]; then
+         rm "$NOTE_PATH/$NOTE_NAME"
       fi
-
    fi
 }
 
@@ -118,11 +126,11 @@ case "${1}" in
    # create and edit new note
    'new') new $@;;
    # edit an existing document or file
-   'edit') edit $@;;
+   'edit'|'ed') edit $@;;
    # run a shell (cd to) in the directory
    'cd'|'shell') shell;;
-   # me: edit ned (the file you are looking at)
-   'me') $EDITOR "$(realpath "$0")";;
+   # edit ned (the file you are looking at right now)
+   'ned') $EDITOR "$(realpath "$0")";;
    *) echo "no such option";;
 esac