Shell script to group
jrnlentries by date and add color.
The default output from jrnl is pretty plain. viewjrnl is a nicer way to
read entries from jrnl at the command line. Here it is in action:
As seen in the screenshot, the features of viewjrnl include:
- Grouping entries by date, to see where one day ends and another starts.
- 12-hour timestamps, which are what I'm more used to reading.
- Colorized output, so it's pleasant to look at.
For comparison, this is what the plain jrnl output looks like:
viewjrnl depends on jq version 1.6 or higher. At the time of writing, you'll
have to install the release candidate to use version 1.6. On macOS:
# If you already have jq < 1.6:
brew reinstall --devel jq
# Otherwise, to install it for the first time:
brew install --devel jq
After that, viewjrnl is just a single shell script. You can download it and
put it on your path anywhere. Alternatively, on macOS:
brew install jez/formulae/viewjrnl
viewjrnl accepts any arguments you give it and passes them on to jrnl.
Alternatively, omit arguments to view your jrnl for today. Examples:
# See jrnl for just today
viewjrnl
# See jrnl for last week
viewjrnl -from 'last week'
# See last 10 jrnl entries
viewjrnl -n 10
# See all jrnl entries tagged @important:
viewjrnl @important