simple command line tool to record free text with a time-stamp and aggregate time spent on projects
Clone this repo and add it to your PATH.
Now any text you write on the command line starting with an i will be logged into the text-file times.txt, together with the current time-stamp.
> i just pushed timetrack to github
> cat times.txt
2015/01/30 18:27 | just pushed timetrack to github
Timetrack also supports subjects for certain topics by passing the -project parameter. You can either do this manually, via an alias or via wrapper files.
Writing timetrack '-project' 'some-project' some text with a subject will create the following entry
~ tail times.txt
2015/01/30 18:28 | [some-project] some text with a subject
# using an alias
alias ibm='~/timetrack/timetrack.py "-project" "IBM"'
~ ibm fixing thing A
2019/07/18 07:23 | [IBM] fixing thing AYou can get an overview of time spent on a project for today, current week, current month
# enter some data (using aliases)
~ ibm start
~ ibm doing some work
~ ibm stop
~ lin start
~ lin working on prototype
~ lin done: oauth login
~ lin stop
# contents of source file
~ cat times.txt
2019/07/18 07:21 | [IBM] start
2019/07/18 07:23 | [IBM] fixing thing A
2019/07/18 12:23 | [IBM] stop
2019/07/18 13:25 | [LinkedIn] start
2019/07/18 13:25 | [LinkedIn] working on prototype
2019/07/18 15:26 | [LinkedIn] done: oauth login
2019/07/18 15:26 | [LinkedIn] stop
~ idid.js
Project This month hours This week hours Last two days hours Today hours
---------- ---------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
[IBM] 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
[LinkedIn] 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
---------- ---------------- --------------- ------------------- -----------
7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 # add aliases for the main files for tracking and reporting
alias i='~/projects/timetrack/timetrack.py'
alias idid='~/projects/timetrack/idid.js'
# add aliases for the projects you want to track
alias ibm='~/projects/timetrack/timetrack.py "-project" "IBM"'
alias lin='~/projects/timetrack/timetrack.py "-project" "LinkedIn"'Enjoy!