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Hia all,

I am trying to create a simple script, that will keep me a todo file/log.
The idea is to have to scritps, one to enter a new todo file, one to delete (it can be one with different inputs, but this is not the point)

e.g.
> newEntry Call_home
- will add a new line to the log like that: - Call_home [TIME_STAMP]

>delEntry Call_home
- will update the current task's indicator to +

There are many more things I can think off, but this is for starters.

My Question is:
1. I have tcsh, where can I learn how to do what I want. (sites with examples are preferable)
2. If you can post a snipplet, that would be great.

thanks,
Me

This looks suspiciously like homework / coursework...

Of course we would never post homework, right?

If I'm mistaken, please let me know.

Long tim esince I laughed so hard

But I can understand, it definitly looks like homework.

I am 31 yrs, working as a programmer, only thing, I am a Windows person myslef (don't hate me for that). And csh, tcsh, sed awk, nawk and all these crazy words are still new to me.
I still can't tell the diffeence between ll and ls -tr.

Anyway, this is NOT homework for me, I am sure someone out there did get this as homework, but last time I got to do homeworks was 5 years ago on my B.Sc.

And now to my Q.
I did manage to change the '-' to '+' using SED, but it doesn't want to overwrite the file, so I thaught to use a second file to get the change, delete the first one, and rename. I know long, and not very system perfect, but it's work, and this is what I need. (as I said, I don't get points for short programs ^^)

I couldn't understand how to add a new line. I read the awk man files, but I am not sure if this is the tool I need.

If you can complete this hole for me, that's gr8.

Sierra_aar

OK, so I've spent some precious tim eI have and got this result.
It works, but I still have a question.

The Lockfile script is:
#!/usr/local/bin/tcsh -f

set fileName = "$1"
set DATE = `date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M'`

if (`echo $fileName | wc -c` < 3) then
echo "Please indicate name of file. > lkf [File Name]"
exit
endif

echo "- $1, $DATE" >> ~/locked_files.log
\sort -r ~/locked_files.log


and the release file script is:
#!/usr/local/bin/tcsh -f

set fileName = "$1"

if (`echo $fileName | wc -c` < 3) then
echo "Please indicate name of file. > frf [File Name]"
exit
endif

\sed 's/- '$fileName'/+ '$fileName'/' ~/locked_files.log > ~/locked_files.log2
\rm ~/locked_files.log
\mv ~/locked_files.log2 ~/locked_files.log
\sort -r ~/locked_files.log


Now, how can I add to the scripts, a message line? if I add a line, it get computed as different inputs, I want evreything after the file name to be treated as one parameter.

e.g.:
> lkf index.html Fixed image not showing error.

will go to the log file as:
- index.html, 20020217-1010, Fixed image not showing error.

???

Well, I don't really understand where you're going with your scripts and I'm not really a csh guy. But if I understand your final question, this may help:

Code:

#! /usr/local/bin/tcsh
set filename=$1
shift
set others="$*"
echo filename = $filename
echo others = $others
exit