My append-only system for *nix, sits in my .bashrc: # Open Personal Logfile at end, optionally appending log entry for today if it doesn't exist function e

My append-only system for *nix, sits in my .bashrc: # Open Personal Logfile at end, optionally appending log entry for today if it doesn't exist function ed () { local _cur_date _most_recent_date; _cur_date=$(date +%m/%d/%Y); _most_recent_date=$(grep --color -o -E "^# [0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{4}" ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME} | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f2-); if [[ "${_cur_date}" != "${_most_recent_date}" ]]; then echo -e "\n#\n# ${_cur_date}\n#" >> ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME}; echo "Command Comments" >> ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME}; printf "%0.s-" {1..81} >> ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME}; echo >> ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME}; fi; $EDITOR +$(($(wc -l ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME} | awk '{print $1}')+1)) ~/${LOG_FILE_NAME} } >>> # # 12/03/2021 # Command Comments --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <some cmd> # My description of what cmd does, in my own words