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# How I spent this day
A simple but useful personal diary application.
The sole purpose of this application is to quickly create a file
and open it in a text editor so that I can take a note before I lose my desire.
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Notes can be found in the `~/.local/share/histd` directory.
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```sh
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tree ~/.local/share/histd
# /home/user/.local/share/histd
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# └── 2022
# └── 08
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# ├── 18.md
# └── 19.md
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```
## Usage
```sh
python3 histd.py
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```
## Installation
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Recommended method
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```sh
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sudo cp histd.py /usr/local/bin/histd
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```
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Risky way (without cloning the repository)
```sh
sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/histd "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ordinary-dev/histd/master/histd.py"
```
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To create a new note, you can simply type `histd` in the terminal.
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## Backup
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To create an archive of all notes, run the following command:
```bash
histd backup
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```
## Merge all notes
This command concatenates all files and prefixes each with the creation date.
```sh
for f in ~/.local/share/histd/**/*.md; do echo $f | sed 's/^.*histd\//# /'; cat "${f}"; echo; done
```