added short journal script

journal.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# journal script for keeping 
+# track of what i do and think
+
+
+
+#check if output file is given as first option
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+    outputfile=journal.txt
+else
+    outputfile=$1
+fi
+
+#generating timestamp
+timestamp=$(date '+%d.%m.%Y %H:%M')
+
+#read journal entry from stdin
+echo "enter oneliner into journal:"; read input
+
+
+#writing to outputfile
+echo "**** $timestamp ****" >> $outputfile
+echo $input >> $outputfile
+echo "" >> $outputfile
+
+#  ****  end of script  ****