histd.sh | ||
license.md | ||
readme.md |
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.
Notes can be found in the ~/.local/share/histd
directory.
tree ~/.local/share/histd
# /home/user/.local/share/histd
# └── 2022
# └── 08
# ├── 18.md
# └── 19.md
Usage
Make sure the EDITOR
environment variable is set
to the name of your favorite text editor.
If it's not, edit the ~/.bashrc
file (or ~/.zshrc
)
export EDITOR=nano
Don't forget to start a new session or execute the following command:
source ~/.bashrc
Then mark this script as executable:
chmod +x histd.sh
Now you can create your first note:
./histd.sh
This command can be run as many times as you want, it will open the same file until the day is over.
You can open the last note with the command:
./histd.sh last
Backup
To create an archive of all notes, run the following command:
./histd.sh backup
Required programs: tar
, xz
.
Merge all notes
This command concatenates all files and prefixes each with the filename.
./histd.sh merge
List all notes
./histd.sh list
# /home/user/.local/share/histd
# └── 2022
# └── 08
# ├── 18.md
# └── 19.md
Required programs: tree
.