I keep appending to a file in my home directory. I've aliased it too so that I can access it quickly. Every ~month I email it to myself or back it up elsewhere.

I keep appending to a file in my home directory. I've aliased it too so that I can access it quickly. Every ~month I email it to myself or back it up elsewhere. $ alias ed alias ed='$EDITOR ~/.diary" The file looks something like this: # 4/3/2015 Command Comments ------------------------------------------- M-l # Emacs, lowercase next word