Accomplishments log

accomplish.sh

# I use this to keep track of things I've done during the day. It's mostly a motivational tool. 
# I find that the fear of a sparse log at the end of the day drives me to look for things I can 
# accomplish in a short period of time.

# Creating an alias for the script is recommended.

# Usage:
# $ ./accomplish.sh refactored the robot-targeting code
# $ ./accomplish.sh
# Fri Aug 27 |     refactored the robot-targeting code
# $ ./accomplish.sh smelted three robots
# $ ./accomplish.sh
# Fri Aug 27 |     refactored the robot-targeting code
# Fri Aug 27 |     smelted three robots

logfile="${HOME}/.accomplishments.log"

# ensure the accomplishments log file exists
touch $logfile

# everything after the invocation of the script is considered part of the log message
entry="${@:1}"

# formats timestamps like Fri Aug 27
timestamp=$(date +"%a %b %d")


if [ -z "$entry" ]
  then
    # if no message is provided, just print the 35 most-recent log entries
    echo ""
    tail -n 35 $logfile
    echo ""
  else
    # add the entry to the log
    echo "$timestamp |    $entry" >> "$logfile"
fi