dn

dn - Daily notes command line tool

This tool is a Go implementation of tomlockwood's dn tool.

dn is a simple command line tool to keep notes.

Usage

dn writes a bullet-pointed string to a file with today's date in YYYY-MM-DD format. The notes are stored in the ~/dn/ folder if $DN_HOME is not set. Otherwise, the notes are stored in the folder specified by $DN_HOME. $DN_HOME must be a valid and absolute file path.

dn o does the same, but the first argument is the filename. This can be used for future notes i.e. dn o 2030-10-01 "I died".

dn t displays today's notes.

dn v displays all files, or when an argument like 2022-12 is passed, ~/dn/2022-12*.

dn s searches for the first argument in all notes. If the argument contains at least one capital letter, the search is case-sensitive. Otherwise, it is case-insensitive.

dn et edit today's notes in $EDITOR. If the environment variable $EDITOR is not defined or empty, vim is used.

dn e opens the note in $EDITOR for a given date, i.e. dn e 2022-12-12. If no date is passed then the editor's file selection prompt is shown.

Example

$ dn "Polished this project"

$ dn v
2022-11-30
 * Started working on the port of dn
 * Successfully ported dn
2022-12-11
 * Finished other sideproject
2022-12-12
 * Polished this project

$ dn s po
2022-11-30:1: * Started working on the port of dn
2022-11-30:2: * Successfully ported dn
2022-12-12:1: * Polished this project

$ dn s Po
2022-12-12:1: * Polished this project

$ dn v 2022-11
2022-11-30
 * Started working on the port of dn
 * Successfully ported dn

$ dn t
2022-12-12
 * Polished this project

$ dn o 1970-01-01 "Time starts"

$ dn v
1970-01-01
 * Time starts
2022-11-30
 * Started working on the port of dn
 * Successfully ported dn
2022-12-11
 * Finished other sideproject
2022-12-12
 * Polished this project

$ dn v 2022
2022-11-30
 * Started working on the port of dn
 * Successfully ported dn
2022-12-11
 * Finished other sideproject
2022-12-12
 * Polished this project

Setup

Run go install github.com/GLAD-DEV/dn@latest