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Here are those two bash functions I use at work to make my blosxom blog into a daily time log. I made them because I wanted to be able to dash off a one-liner entry into a logfile that would be easily viewable later. So, here they are:

Timelog function

Make a single line entry in a post for the current day. If there’s no post yet for today, it makes that new post.

tl ()
{
   timelog_file="$HOME/blosxom/timelog/$(date +%Y-%m-%d).txt"
   [[ ! -f $timelog_file ]] && echo Timelog for $(date "+%A %F") >> $timelog_file
   time=$(date +%H:%M)
   [[ $# -eq 0 ]] && msg=$(cat)
   [[ $# -gt 0 ]] && msg="$*"
   echo "<li>$time $msg</li>" >> $timelog_file
}

Note function

Let’s me make a very simple post to my blog from the command line. I type “note” followed by the title of the note and then press enter. From then on until I press CTRL-D, I’m composing my entry. After I press CTRL-D, the note is posted.

note ()
{
   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
    then
      echo "Need file name on CL"
      return
    fi

   filename="$HOME/blosxom/notes/$*.txt"

   if [[ -f $filename ]]
    then
      echo Extant post file
      return
    fi
   cat > "$filename"
}