50 lines
904 B
Bash
50 lines
904 B
Bash
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#!/bin/bash
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#
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# journal script for keeping
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# track of what i do and think
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#
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# it makes sence you add a bash alias like this to your ~/.bashrc
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# alias='/path/to/journal.sh /path/to/outputfile.txt'
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# do that and you can use journal as follows:
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# usage: journal
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# journal read
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# journal edit
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#check if output file is given as first option
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if [ -z $1 ]; then
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outputfile=journal.txt
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else
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outputfile=$1
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fi
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if [ -z $2 ]; then
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:
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else
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if [ $2 = "read" ]; then
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less $outputfile
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exit $?
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elif [ $2 = "edit" ]; then
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vim $outputfile
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exit $?
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fi
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fi
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#generating timestamp
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timestamp=$(date '+%d.%m.%Y %H:%M')
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#read journal entry from stdin
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echo "enter oneliner into journal:"; read input
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#writing to outputfile
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echo "**** $timestamp ****" >> $outputfile
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echo $input >> $outputfile
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echo "" >> $outputfile
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# **** end of script ****
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