A simple command logging function to be used to store history of commands that were run for a particular analysis

note.sh

note() {
    COMMANDS_FILE="$(pwd)/commands.sh"
    
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Error: No command provided to note"
        return 1
    fi
    
    # Get the last command from history (which includes the 'note' prefix)
    local last_cmd=$(history 1 | sed 's/^[ ]*[0-9]*[ ]*//')
    
    # Remove the 'note ' prefix to get just the actual command
    local actual_cmd=$(echo "$last_cmd" | sed 's/^note //')
    
    # Log the original command as typed
    echo "[$(date +'%F_%T')]: $actual_cmd" >> "$COMMANDS_FILE"
    
    # Execute the command
    eval "$actual_cmd"
}