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WorkLogPy: Keep track of what you are working on (Python 3). Writes a timestamped message to a CSV file.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
#v2.2
from random import choice
from datetime import datetime
def wlog(answer,now):
with open(f"worklog-{now:%Y%m%d}.csv", "a") as f:
f.write(f'"{now}","{answer.strip()}"\n')
def main():
wlog('--start session--', datetime.now() )
while True:
try:
answer = input("Working on: ")
if answer.strip() == '':
break
now = datetime.now()
wlog(answer, now )
print(f"[{now:%a %H:%M}] ✓")
except EOFError:
break
wlog('--stop session--', now )
if __name__== "__main__":
main()
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svandragt commented Aug 1, 2019

v2.2: ctrl-d or enter to quit. works on python2 default systems. f-strings, code more elegant. day based csv files.

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