todoproject - A very simple project idea logger

todoproject.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Configure by exporting TODOPROJECT_FILE, the file path to write to.
# Recommended: alias tp="path/to/todoproject.sh"

todoproject_file="${TODOPROJECT_FILE:-$HOME/todoproject.tsv}"

function initFile {
    if [[ -f "${todoproject_file}" ]]; then return 0; fi
    mkdir -p "$(dirname "${todoproject_file}")"
    printf "Timestamp of Thought\tProject\n" > "${todoproject_file}"
}

function todoProject {
    local project
    if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
        project="$*"
    else
        echo "What project are you thinking of? Don't worry about duplicates!"
        read -r project
    fi
    printf "%s\t%s\n" "$(date)" "${project}" >> "${todoproject_file}"
}

function showTodoProjectRecent {
    cat <(head -n 1 "${todoproject_file}") <(tail -n 3 "${todoproject_file}") | column -t -s $'\t'
}

initFile
todoProject "$@"
showTodoProjectRecent