quickly log a thought
Clone repo.
git clone https://github.com/jhertfe/basic-log.git
cd basic-log
Adapt log.py to your needs with a text editor of your choice
line_length = 80 # max number of symbols to write in each line
log_dir = '/place/to/store/logs/in' # log directory
show_lines = 5 # last x lines to show
copy log.py to a folder which is in PATH variable and make it executeable
cp log.py $HOME/bin/log # just an example directory!
chmod 750 $HOME/bin/log
Hint PATH
PATH variable can be shown by
echo $PATH
hit log and what ever you want to remember to the commandline
log "Oh that's important. I should write it down!"
Log of today:
================================= 2017-04-12 =================================
[10:22:16] Oh that's important. I should write it down!
[10:24:26] Found some cool stuff on https://github.com/jhertfe/basic-log/. Check
this out later