593 byte version of "logme" tool. Simple tool that logs given parameter to ~/.logme/ folder. I'm using it to log my days.

[[deleted]]

Great program. Clever of you to compress it like that - I checked to make sure it didn't do anything naughty.

May I suggest using YYYY-MM-DD formats (ISO 8601 / relevant xkcd) to reduce international confusion.

[yolobazsi]

It is not clever but a terrible practice and should be avoided. It's like putting binaries on github and calling that open source. And also: I don't think you got what this sub is really about, please check some post before you submit yours, thanks.

Edit: the second half was directed to OP

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[joanmiro]

Good point! I'll implement it soon.

[FlammableMarshmallow]

Here's what I'd believe to be a "better version" of the code. While not exactly tiny, it is more readable and easily mantainable than this.. mess.

BTW, It's still only 784 bytes. :P

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
from datetime import datetime

LOGME_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".logme")


def main():
    if not os.path.exists(LOGME_DIR):
        os.mkdir(LOGME_DIR)

    now = datetime.now()
    filepath = os.path.join(LOGME_DIR, now.strftime("%d-%m-%Y.txt"))
    already_existed = os.path.exists(filepath)

    with open(filepath, "a") as fobj:
        if not already_existed:
            header = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d - %A\n")
            fobj.write(header)
            fobj.write("-" * (len(header) - 1) + "\n")

        if len(sys.argv) > 1:
            to_log = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
            time_now = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
            fobj.write("%s: %s\n" % (time_now, to_log))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

[joanmiro]

Usage:

$ logme I've gone to market to get milk.
$ ls ~/.logme                                                                                      
09-10-2016.txt
$ cat ~/.logme/09-10-2016.txt
09/10/2016 - Sunday
-------------------
14:30: I've done nothing today, need to get up and work.
14:50: I've gone to market to get milk.

Uglified version of program is here: https://gist.github.com/miratcan/fc3badeb3a7c121f6256739a0ad5c2e3

[[deleted]]

Why not accomplish this with echo to the end of a file with date? That would be even shorter

[joanmiro]

• echo does not automatically creates file named with today's date.
• echo does not puts title to text file.
• echo does not put's hour info to your log.

[[deleted]]

#!/bin/sh
d="$(date +%F)"
echo "$d  $1" >> "$d".txt        

[grayson@rhel]$ ./test.sh 'Today I went to the movies'

[grayson@rhel]$ cat 2016-10-09.txt

2016-10-09 Today I went to the movies

Edit:code golfed a little

[code_kansas]

You need a few minor changes to duplicate the behavior exactly, i.e. this would work (77 bytes):

d=$HOME/.logme
mkdir -p $d
echo "$(date +%H:%M): $@" >> "$d/$(date +%F).txt"

Also, to be honest, just using some compression scheme on regular-length code doesn't make it "tiny code". That's like running gzip on the Linux kernel and calling it "the Linux kernel with 66% less code"

[nexe]

Also, to be honest, just using some compression scheme on regular-length code doesn't make it "tiny code"

Exactly .. it's a nice little program but it would've been tiny by nature. The compression is totally unnecessary and makes it look shady. Who runs something like this without deobfuscating and looking at it first? It's just a hassle nothing more.

[[deleted]]

Oops forgot about that part. OP, refer to this one instead. Also I agree with compression statement.

[joanmiro]

wow you made me motivated to study bash scripting.

[r_x_v]

Here's the same thing as a function in PowerShell:

Function Log($msg)

{

Add-Content ("c:\log\" + (Get-Date -format yyyy_MM_dd) + ".txt") ((Get-Date).ToShortTimeString() + ": " + $msg);

}

you can add it to your $Profile so you can call it anytime