bashtasklog

A utility logging class for bash implemented in an OO interface. It prints nicely formatted messages to the console and/or logfile. The format is similar to Linux boot messages.

It's intended to be used to create task/progress logs for bash scripts.

Screenshots

Usage

bashtasklog constructor

NAME
        bashtasklog constructor

SYNOPSIS
        new bashtasklog your_instance_var_here [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS:
        -t      flag to automatically prepend all task messages with 14 a digit timestamp
        -l      specify a log file to write to
        -q      quiet mode flag. Do not output to stdout, only write to log file if supplied
        -w      width of padded message column. Defaults to 80 characters.

EXAMPLE:
        1)  Instantiate a bashtasklog object that will prepend a timestamp
            to each message, have a message column 50 chars in width,
            and will write to log file /tmp/foo.log:

            new bashtasklog logger -t -w 50 -l "/tmp/foo.log"

printTask

NAME
        bashtasklog.printTask

SYNOPSIS
        instance_var.printTask [MESSAGE]

DESCRIPTION
        Prints a message to the console and/or task log.

EXAMPLE:
        1)  Print a message:

            logger.printTask "foo bar baz"

printOk

NAME
        bashtasklog.printOk

SYNOPSIS
        instance_var.printOk [MESSAGE]

DESCRIPTION
        Prints a green "OK" in square brackets. If optional MESSAGE is
        passed, it is printed on the next line in green text.

printFail

NAME
        bashtasklog.printFail

SYNOPSIS
        instance_var.printFail [MESSAGE]

DESCRIPTION
        Prints a red "FAIL" in square brackets. If optional MESSAGE is
        passed, it is printed on the next line in red text.

printWarn

NAME
        bashtasklog.printWarn

SYNOPSIS
        instance_var.printWarn [MESSAGE]

DESCRIPTION
        Prints a orange "WARN" in square brackets. If optional MESSAGE is
        passed, it is printed on the next line in orange text.

printInfo

NAME
        bashtasklog.printInfo

SYNOPSIS
        instance_var.printInfo [MESSAGE]

DESCRIPTION
        Prints a blue "INFO" in square brackets. If optional MESSAGE is
        passed, it is printed on the next line in blue text.

Example

# source the library file
. bashtasklog.sh

# instantiate a bashtasklog object
new bashtasklog logger -t -w 50 -l "/tmp/foo.log"

# print some messages
logger.printTask "Process running"
sleep 1s    # your code here
logger.printOk

logger.printTask "Implementing and executing"
sleep 1s
logger.printOk

logger.printTask "Doing stuff"
sleep 1s
logger.printOk

logger.printTask "Gittin 'er done"
sleep 1s
logger.printFail "Max hillbilly tolerance level reached"

output

Contributing

Want to add something sweet? Here's what to do:

Fork this repository
Create a topic branch - git checkout -b my_branch
Push to your branch - git push origin my_branch
Send a pull request
Booyah. Done.

Author

Timbo White of Zulius.

Follow on the twittinator: zulius

License - GPL2

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

Mermouy/bashtasklog