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I just wrote myself a little script. Let's see, if it sticks ... $ cat bin/journal #!/bin/bash FILE=${HOME}/Dropbox/journal.txt echo >>${FILE} date

by beza1e1 16y ago

I just wrote myself a little script. Let's see, if it sticks ... $ cat bin/journal #!/bin/bash FILE=${HOME}/Dropbox/journal.txt echo >>${FILE} date >>${FILE} echo >>${FILE} vim + ${FILE}

jcw 16y ago
I've been using this zsh function for a year or two: jr () { echo "---" echo "\n##"`date +" %a %D %l:%M%P"` >> ~/journal.txt cat >> ~/journal.txt } It usually emits 72 dashes, so that I can stay within that margin (manually, heh). Edited to not break HN. The '##' is because I habitually markdown format everything.
- Khroma 16y ago
  That seems kind of unsafe to me, since it's all keeping it in one file.
  - nlco 16y ago
    How is it unsafe? (asking because I don't know, not to contradict)
    - nitrogen 16y ago
      One accidental command and every entry is lost, not just one entry or the most recent. Adding a "git commit journal.txt; git push offsite master" or something similar to your journal script will alleviate that risk. Edit: you also don't have file timestamps to show when an entry was actually written, in case that matters to you.
- billswift 16y ago
  Mine is similar. My journal file is the hidden file ~/.journal and my script is in my home bin directory. It sets up a cat from STDIN, so I can just jot a few things down and ^D. I wanted something that would be as easy to use and non-intrusive as possible. And I used the %% on a line by themselves as the divider, as I also do in my Quotes_Aphorisms file, so scripts for searching and manipulating the fortune databases will also work on them. #!/bin/bash echo "%%" >> ~/.journal date +"%a %Y-%m-%d :: %X" >> ~/.journal cat - >> ~/.journal
cpach 16y ago
I wrote something similar just the other day :) I don't write daily though, only when I feel like it.
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foxhop 16y ago
I'm doing something similar. I found a cool vim command, ':r !date' for the current date. I'm using hg mercurial in addition to get additional backup security and logging. : P I also decided host the repo at bitbucket. This will let me have 'offsite' backups and the ability to pull my journal whenever I have a computer and internet... which is always.
- Khroma 16y ago
  "Pro-tip": you can also do :.!date

by beza1e1 16y ago

I just wrote myself a little script. Let's see, if it sticks ... $ cat bin/journal #!/bin/bash FILE=${HOME}/Dropbox/journal.txt echo >>${FILE} date >>${FILE} echo >>${FILE} vim + ${FILE}

jcw 16y ago

I've been using this zsh function for a year or two: jr () { echo "---" echo "\n##"`date +" %a %D %l:%M%P"` >> ~/journal.txt cat >> ~/journal.txt } It usually emits 72 dashes, so that I can stay within that margin (manually, heh). Edited to not break HN. The '##' is because I habitually markdown format everything.

Khroma 16y ago
That seems kind of unsafe to me, since it's all keeping it in one file.
- nlco 16y ago
  How is it unsafe? (asking because I don't know, not to contradict)
  - nitrogen 16y ago
    One accidental command and every entry is lost, not just one entry or the most recent. Adding a "git commit journal.txt; git push offsite master" or something similar to your journal script will alleviate that risk. Edit: you also don't have file timestamps to show when an entry was actually written, in case that matters to you.
billswift 16y ago
Mine is similar. My journal file is the hidden file ~/.journal and my script is in my home bin directory. It sets up a cat from STDIN, so I can just jot a few things down and ^D. I wanted something that would be as easy to use and non-intrusive as possible. And I used the %% on a line by themselves as the divider, as I also do in my Quotes_Aphorisms file, so scripts for searching and manipulating the fortune databases will also work on them. #!/bin/bash echo "%%" >> ~/.journal date +"%a %Y-%m-%d :: %X" >> ~/.journal cat - >> ~/.journal

cpach 16y ago

I wrote something similar just the other day :) I don't write daily though, only when I feel like it.

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foxhop 16y ago

I'm doing something similar. I found a cool vim command, ':r !date' for the current date. I'm using hg mercurial in addition to get additional backup security and logging. : P I also decided host the repo at bitbucket. This will let me have 'offsite' backups and the ability to pull my journal whenever I have a computer and internet... which is always.

Khroma 16y ago
"Pro-tip": you can also do :.!date