marktime

#!/bin/sh

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# Script Name	: Mark time (marktime)
# Description	: Creates a timestamp in $XDG_DATA_HOME/marktime/[date].
#		  Useful to track time spend on certain activities.
#		  Script `subdate` calculates diff between timestamps.
# Args		:
# Dependencies	: cat, tail, gawk, subdate
# Variables	:
# Author	: Mateusz Reszka
# Email		: mateusz@mateuszreszka.xyz
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content=$@

cur_date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')
cur_time=$(date +'%H:%M:%S')

data_dir=$XDG_DATA_HOME/marktime

# make sure data_dir exists
mkdir -p $data_dir

time_diff=''
file="$data_dir/$cur_date"

[ -e $file ] && prev_time=$(cat $file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}') &&\
	time_diff=$(subdate $prev_time $cur_time)

row="$cur_date $cur_time $content $time_diff"

echo $row >> $data_dir/$cur_date