Jrnl - note app

Jrnl is a terminal note app. It simply provides some useful commands to edit and view a .txt file. I use it for daily todos, personal notes, work notes, etc. I find its simplicity very useful.

Use cases:

1. Create note. You can add a tag at the beginning to later easily filter them

$ jrnl
[Compose Entry; press Ctrl+D to finish writing]

@work
Today I discussed the issue 123 with joseph. We ended up fixing is with link to solution.
TODO:
[ ] Ask Anna for feedback on the tests for the fix
[ ] Check Steven's report
<ctrl+D>

2. You can search for notes with a certain tag and filter by date

$ jrnl @work -from 2020-07-10
2020-07-21 10:16 @work
Today I discussed the issue 123 with joseph. We ended up fixing it with <link to solution>.
TODO:
[ ] Ask Anna for feedback on the tests for the fix
[ ] Check Steven's report

3. A one-liner to add a new note also works

$ jrnl @personal Today I ran 5km in 35 minutes

Thanks for reading!

Vicente

A list of articles in the series Terminal Workflow:

1. Terminal Base Setup
2. Tmux - terminal multiplexer
3. NeoVim - text editor

4. Jrnl - note app

5. Pass - password manager
6. Ranger - file manager
7. Simple Terminal Apps
8. Terminal Aliases