q(uick)note is a simple but efficient script to take easily quick note from the terminal using all the power of the UNIX shell.
- curl
For example we setup qnote in a Bash environment.
mkdir $HOME/bin
curl -LSso $HOME/bin/qnote https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reinboldg/qnote/master/qnote.sh
chmod 755 $HOME/bin/qnote
Edit ~/.bashrc and/or ~/.bash_profile
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
export QNOTE_FILE=~/.qnotes.txt
qnote can be used as is, but for convenience we can set some shell aliases in
.bashrc and/or .bash_profile.
if [ ! -z $(which qnote 2>> /dev/null) ]
then
alias n="qnote -d" # Display all notes
alias nd="qnote -d" # Same as above
alias nn="qnote -n" # New note
alias nr="qnote -r" # Remove note
alias ns="qnote -s" # Search in all notes
alias nsi="qnote -si" # Same as above case insensitive
alias t="qnote -s _todo" # Search _todo notes
alias i="qnote -s _idea" # Search _idea notes
fi
Add a new note
$ nn This is my first note
2022-11-01 12:52:44 This is my first note
Add a note with a character usually interpreted by the shell.
nn 'This is a #quick note'
2022-11-01 13:00:28 This is a #quick note
Display all notes
$ n
1 2022-11-01 12:52:44 This is my first note
2 2022-11-01 13:00:28 This is a #quick note
Remove a note by its line number in the qnotes.txt file
$ nr 2
1 2022-11-01 12:52:44 This is my first note
Add a todo note
$ nn _todo Clean my room before mother fights me
2022-11-01 13:06:47 _todo Clean my room before mother fights me
$ nn _todo Wash father car
2022-11-01 13:09:17 _todo Wash father car
Display todo notes
$ t
2 2022-11-01 13:06:47 _todo Clean my room before mother fights me
3 2022-11-01 13:09:17 _todo Wash father car
Search in all notes
$ ns first
1 2022-11-01 12:52:44 This is my first note
$ ns _todo
2 2022-11-01 13:06:47 _todo Clean my room before mother fights me
3 2022-11-01 13:09:17 _todo Wash father car
$ ns 2022-11
1 2022-11-01 12:52:44 This is my first note
2 2022-11-01 13:06:47 _todo Clean my room before mother fights me
3 2022-11-01 13:09:17 _todo Wash father car
Search in all notes (case insensitive)
$ nsi wash
3 2022-11-01 13:09:17 _todo Wash father car