Most useful script I've ever written, and legitimately how I keep track of every...

gglitch · on March 13, 2023

Similar. I've ended up at these functions in .bashrc:

   # Append a timestamped entry to the journal
   log() {
       printf "$(date +%Y-%m-%d--%H:%M)   %s\n" "$*" >> $journal
   }
   
   # Query the journal
   lquery() {
       grep -ni $1 $journal
   }
   
   # Show all journal entries from today
   ltoday() {
       clear
       grep -n $(date +%Y-%m-%d) $journal
   }
   
   # On a line identified by line number, switch @todo to @done
   ldo() {
       sed -i "$1 s/@todo/@done/" $journal
       sed -i "$1 s/$/ \[COMPLETED $(date +%Y-%m-%d--%H:%M)\]/" $journal
   }

Nice things about this system: there's only one file; I'm only ever looking at the data I want to see; and there are no applications running or files open (except my terminal, I guess).

EFreethought · on March 13, 2023

I use Org mode in Emacs, so I have a follow up:

Do you have a format in your text files to track when things are done, like a checklist?

In Org, you can give things states like "TODO", "INPROGRESS", "DONE", "CANCELLED", add checkboxes (like "[ ]" and "[x]"), have sub-tasks/lists, etc.

I have really gotten into Org, and I have found there are a few other checklist formats/programs in plain text. Just wondering how you do it.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK · on March 13, 2023

I just have a Dropbox/todo.txt file opened permanently in Notepad++, no scripts and no need to type anything.

inconceivable · on March 13, 2023

here's my pull request

$ cat << EOF > ~/.bash_profile

> alias lstd='ls ~/Dropbox/todo'

> EOF

throwaway019254 · on March 13, 2023

And maybe some autocompletion if using zsh?

    #compdef todo
    
    _todo() {
      _files -W $HOME/Dropbox/todo/
    }
    
    _todo "$@"