terminal's tiny todo tool

tttt.swift

// 1. copy file to $PATH somewhere
// 2. chmod a+x it
// 3. run with `tttt` or `tttt [task to track]`
// 4. check out ~/Desktop/todo.txt

#!/usr/bin/env swift

import Foundation

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, HH:mm"

let todo: String
if CommandLine.arguments.count == 1 {
	todo = dateFormatter.string(from: Date()) + ": " + (readLine(strippingNewline: false) ?? "")
} else {
	todo = dateFormatter.string(from: Date()) + ": " + CommandLine.arguments[1] + "\n"
}

let desktop = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.desktopDirectory, .userDomainMask, true).first!)
let file = desktop.appendingPathComponent("todo").appendingPathExtension("txt")
let output = OutputStream(url: file, append: true)!

output.open()
output.write(todo, maxLength: todo.count)
output.close()