Simple command line logging script to log a one-off note.
Useful for simple things like:
- Project-based notes
- Quick links to resources, references
- Small local project TODO's
- Reminders and gotchas
- Logging progress, short micro-journaling to record check points in progress.
- Simple quick references (in the home directory)
- Reminders on system configuration todo's
- Refreshers on simple tasks that you only do a few times a year
I recommend using a short alias like l or n ("note").
log.sh -c # creates the empty file .log.log in the
# current directory
log.sh hey, this is a note! # logs the line "hey, this is a note!"
cat .log.log
# [Sun Sep 29 16:07:21 PDT 2013] hey, this is a note!
mkdir test; cd test
log.sh logging from ./test! # logs the line to the original .log.log, one
# directory up. traverses up directory tree
# until it finds a valid .log file
log.sh -l # outputs the contents of the active .log file
# Log file: ../.log.log
# [Sun Sep 29 16:07:21 PDT 2013] hey, this is a note!
# [Sun Sep 29 16:10:38 PDT 2013] (./test) logging from ./test!
cd ../
log.sh -t buy milk
log.sh -l
# Log file: ./.log.log
# [Sun Sep 29 16:07:21 PDT 2013] hey, this is a note!
# [Sun Sep 29 16:10:38 PDT 2013] (./test) logging from ./test!
# [Sun Sep 29 16:14:03 PDT 2013] [ ] buy milk
log.sh -e # opens active log file in your favorite text
# editorFull usage can be found by typing
log.sh -h