Thread: Basic journal script with bash

i played around bash bit few months ago, , sadly i've forgotten of learned. 1 of things came across , learned create journal script that, every time typed command in, bring file , insert current date/time @ end. @ time didn't need it, did practice, come in handy.

question is, happen have script on hand, or know how whip 1 up? or @ least know source of such thing, can set myself. remember how set aliases own commands, actual programming itself, i'm lost.

something like

code:

#!/bin/bash  echo $(date): $@ >> log.txt $@

?

code:

./script ls -la

execute ls -la , append $date: ls -la log file

code:

$ cat log.txt tue nov 15 11:03:25 cet 2011: ls -la

there problems though, example globs: ./script ls *.jpg pass not *.jpg param whole list of matching files (bash expand before passing inside). you'd have '*.jpg'. whitespaces problematic.

can similar last command entered. if want record after fact do

code:

echo $(date): !! >> log.txt

!! = last command

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