Take notes on the command line

Revision as of 23:31, 26 January 2018 by rosettacode>NearlyHarp (→‎{{header|Rust}}: add Rust solution)

Invoking NOTES without commandline arguments displays the current contents of the local NOTES.TXT if it exists. If NOTES has arguments, the current date and time are appended to the local NOTES.TXT followed by a newline. Then all the arguments, joined with spaces, prepended with a tab, and appended with a trailing newline, are written to NOTES.TXT. If NOTES.TXT doesn't already exist in the current directory then a new NOTES.TXT file should be created.

Task
Take notes on the command line
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
Take notes on the command line is part of Short Circuit's Console Program Basics selection.

Ada

Works with: Ada 2005

<lang Ada>with Ada.Calendar.Formatting; with Ada.Characters.Latin_1; with Ada.Command_Line; with Ada.IO_Exceptions; with Ada.Text_IO; procedure Notes is

  Notes_Filename : constant String := "notes.txt";
  Notes_File     : Ada.Text_IO.File_Type;
  Argument_Count : Natural         := Ada.Command_Line.Argument_Count;

begin

  if Argument_Count = 0 then
     begin
        Ada.Text_IO.Open
          (File => Notes_File,
           Mode => Ada.Text_IO.In_File,
           Name => Notes_Filename);
        while not Ada.Text_IO.End_Of_File (File => Notes_File) loop
           Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line (Ada.Text_IO.Get_Line (File => Notes_File));
        end loop;
     exception
        when Ada.IO_Exceptions.Name_Error =>
           null;
     end;
  else
     begin
        Ada.Text_IO.Open
          (File => Notes_File,
           Mode => Ada.Text_IO.Append_File,
           Name => Notes_Filename);
     exception
        when Ada.IO_Exceptions.Name_Error =>
           Ada.Text_IO.Create (File => Notes_File, Name => Notes_Filename);
     end;
     Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line
       (File => Notes_File,
        Item => Ada.Calendar.Formatting.Image (Date => Ada.Calendar.Clock));
     Ada.Text_IO.Put (File => Notes_File, Item => Ada.Characters.Latin_1.HT);
     for I in 1 .. Argument_Count loop
        Ada.Text_IO.Put
          (File => Notes_File,
           Item => Ada.Command_Line.Argument (I));
        if I /= Argument_Count then
           Ada.Text_IO.Put (File => Notes_File, Item => ' ');
        end if;
     end loop;
     Ada.Text_IO.Flush (File => Notes_File);
  end if;
  if Ada.Text_IO.Is_Open (File => Notes_File) then
     Ada.Text_IO.Close (File => Notes_File);
  end if;

end Notes;</lang>

Aime

<lang aime>#! /usr/local/bin/aime -a

if (argc() == 1) {

   file f;
   text s;
   f_open(f, "NOTES.TXT", OPEN_READONLY, 0);
   while (f_line(f, s) != -1) {
       o_text(s);
       o_text("\n");
   }

} else {

   integer c, i;
   date d;
   file f;
   f_open(f, "NOTES.TXT", OPEN_APPEND | OPEN_CREATE | OPEN_WRITEONLY, 0644);
   d_now(d);
   f_form(f, "/f4/-/f2/-/f2/ /f2/:/f2/:/f2/\n", d_year(d), d_y_month(d),
          d_m_day(d), d_d_hour(d), d_h_minute(d), d_m_second(d)); 
   c = '\t';
   i = 1;
   while (i < argc()) {
       f_byte(f, c);
       c = ' ';
       f_text(f, argv(i));
       i += 1;
   }
   f_byte(f, '\n');

}</lang>

AppleScript

Requires a modernish version of OS X (Lion or later) on which osascript works as a shebang interpreter. <lang applescript>#!/usr/bin/osascript

-- format a number as a string with leading zero if needed to format(aNumber)

 set resultString to aNumber as text
 if length of resultString < 2
   set resultString to "0" & resultString
 end if
 return resultString

end format

-- join a list with a delimiter to concatenation of aList given delimiter:aDelimiter

 set tid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
 set AppleScript's text item delimiters to { aDelimiter }
 set resultString to aList as text
 set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tid
 return resultString

end join

-- apply a handler to every item in a list, returning -- a list of the results to mapping of aList given function:aHandler

 set resultList to {}
 global h
 set h to aHandler
 repeat with anItem in aList
   set resultList to resultList & h(anItem)
 end repeat
 return resultList

end mapping

-- return an ISO-8601-formatted string representing the current date and time -- in UTC to iso8601()

   set { year:y,   month:m,     day:d, ¬
         hours:hr, minutes:min, seconds:sec } to ¬
         (current date) - (time to GMT)
   set ymdList to the mapping of { y, m as integer, d } given function:format
   set ymd to the concatenation of ymdList given delimiter:"-"
   set hmsList to the mapping of { hr, min, sec } given function:format
   set hms to the concatenation of hmsList given delimiter:":"
   set dateTime to the concatenation of {ymd, hms} given delimiter:"T"
   return dateTime & "Z"

end iso8601

to exists(filePath)

 try
   filePath as alias
   return true
 on error
   return false
 end try

end exists

on run argv

 set curDir to (do shell script "pwd")
 set notesFile to POSIX file (curDir & "/NOTES.TXT")
 if (count argv) is 0 then
   if exists(notesFile) then
      set text item delimiters to {linefeed}
      return paragraphs of (read notesFile) as text
   else
      log "No notes here."
      return 
   end if
 else
   try 
     set fd to open for access notesFile with write permission
     write (iso8601() & linefeed & tab) to fd starting at eof
     set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" "}
     write ((argv as text) & linefeed) to fd starting at eof
     close access fd
     return true
   on error errMsg number errNum
     try
        close access fd
     end try
     return "unable to open  " & notesFile & ": " & errMsg
   end try
 end if

end run</lang>

AutoHotkey

<lang autohotkey>Notes := "Notes.txt"

If 0 = 0 ; no arguments {

   If FileExist(Notes) {
       FileRead, Content, %Notes%
       MsgBox, %Content%
   } Else
       MsgBox, %Notes% does not exist
   Goto, EOF

}

date and time, colon, newline (CRLF), tab

Date := A_DD "/" A_MM "/" A_YYYY Time := A_Hour ":" A_Min ":" A_Sec "." A_MSec FileAppend, %Date% %Time%:`r`n%A_Tab%, %Notes%

command line parameters, trailing newline (CRLF)

Loop, %0%

   FileAppend, % %A_Index% " ", %Notes%

FileAppend, `r`n, %Notes%

EOF:</lang>

AWK

<lang AWK>

  1. syntax: GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK [notes ... ]
  2. examples:
  3. GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK Hello world
  4. GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK A "B C" D
  5. GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK

BEGIN {

   log_name = "NOTES.TXT"
   (ARGC == 1) ? show_log() : update_log()
   exit(0)

} function show_log( rec) {

   while (getline rec <log_name > 0) {
     printf("%s\n",rec)
   }

} function update_log( i,q) {

   print(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")) >>log_name
   printf("\t") >>log_name
   for (i=1; i<=ARGC-1; i++) {
     q = (ARGV[i] ~ / /) ? "\"" : ""
     printf("%s%s%s ",q,ARGV[i],q) >>log_name
   }
   printf("\n") >>log_name

} </lang>

Output:

from the three example commands

2013-09-20 00:35:41
        Hello world
2013-09-20 00:35:41
        A "B C" D

BASIC

Works with: QuickBASIC version 7

An implementation of DIR$ is all that's required for this to work with older versions of QB.

<lang qbasic>IF LEN(COMMAND$) THEN

   OPEN "notes.txt" FOR APPEND AS 1
   PRINT #1, DATE$, TIME$
   PRINT #1, CHR$(9); COMMAND$
   CLOSE

ELSE

   d$ = DIR$("notes.txt")
   IF LEN(d$) THEN
       OPEN d$ FOR INPUT AS 1
       WHILE NOT EOF(1)
           LINE INPUT #1, i$
           PRINT i$
       WEND
       CLOSE
   END IF

END IF</lang>

Batch File

Works with: Windows NT version 4

<lang dos>@echo off if %1@==@ (

   if exist notes.txt more notes.txt
   goto :eof

) echo %date% %time%:>>notes.txt echo %*>>notes.txt</lang>

BBC BASIC

This must be compiled to an EXE and run from the command prompt. <lang bbcbasic> REM!Exefile C:\NOTES.EXE, encrypt, console

     REM!Embed
     LF = 10
     
     SYS "GetStdHandle", -10 TO @hfile%(1)
     SYS "GetStdHandle", -11 TO @hfile%(2)
     SYS "SetConsoleMode", @hfile%(1), 0
     *INPUT 13
     *OUTPUT 14
     ON ERROR PRINT REPORT$ : QUIT ERR
     
     notes% = OPENUP(@dir$ + "NOTES.TXT")
     IF notes% = 0 notes% = OPENOUT(@dir$ + "NOTES.TXT")
     IF notes% = 0 PRINT "Cannot open or create NOTES.TXT" : QUIT 1
     
     IF @cmd$ = "" THEN
       WHILE NOT EOF#notes%
         INPUT #notes%, text$
         IF ASC(text$) = LF text$ = MID$(text$,2)
         PRINT text$
       ENDWHILE
     ELSE
       PTR#notes% = EXT#notes%
       PRINT #notes%,TIME$ : BPUT#notes%,LF
       PRINT #notes%,CHR$(9) + @cmd$ : BPUT#notes%,LF
     ENDIF
     
     CLOSE #notes%
     QUIT</lang>

C

<lang c>#include <stdio.h>

  1. include <time.h>
  1. define note_file "NOTES.TXT"

int main(int argc, char**argv) { FILE *note = 0; time_t tm; int i; char *p;

if (argc < 2) { if ((note = fopen(note_file, "r"))) while ((i = fgetc(note)) != EOF) putchar(i);

} else if ((note = fopen(note_file, "a"))) { tm = time(0); p = ctime(&tm);

/* skip the newline */ while (*p) fputc(*p != '\n'?*p:'\t', note), p++;

for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) fprintf(note, "%s%c", argv[i], 1 + i - argc ? ' ' : '\n'); }

if (note) fclose(note); return 0; }</lang>

C++

<lang cpp>#include <fstream>

  1. include <iostream>
  2. include <ctime>

using namespace std;

  1. define note_file "NOTES.TXT"

int main(int argc, char **argv) { if(argc>1) { ofstream Notes(note_file, ios::app); time_t timer = time(NULL); if(Notes.is_open()) { Notes << asctime(localtime(&timer)) << '\t'; for(int i=1;i<argc;i++) Notes << argv[i] << ' '; Notes << endl; Notes.close(); } } else { ifstream Notes(note_file, ios::in); string line; if(Notes.is_open()) { while(!Notes.eof()) { getline(Notes, line); cout << line << endl; } Notes.close(); } } }</lang>

C#

<lang csharp>using System; using System.IO; using System.Text;

namespace RosettaCode {

 internal class Program
 {
   private const string FileName = "NOTES.TXT";
   private static void Main(string[] args)
   {
     if (args.Length==0)
     {
       string txt = File.ReadAllText(FileName);
       Console.WriteLine(txt);
     }
     else
     {
       var sb = new StringBuilder();
       sb.Append(DateTime.Now).Append("\n\t");
       foreach (string s in args)
         sb.Append(s).Append(" ");
       sb.Append("\n");
       if (File.Exists(FileName))
         File.AppendAllText(FileName, sb.ToString());
       else
         File.WriteAllText(FileName, sb.ToString());
     }
   }
 }

}</lang>

Clojure

<lang clojure>(ns rosettacode.notes

 (:use [clojure.string :only [join]]))

(defn notes [notes]

 (if (seq notes)
   (spit
    "NOTES.txt"
    (str (java.util.Date.) "\n" "\t"
         (join " " notes) "\n")
    :append true)
   (println (slurp "NOTES.txt"))))

(notes *command-line-args*)</lang>

Output:
rayne@ubuntu:~/cljprojs/rosettacode$ java -cp 'lib/*' clojure.main src/rosettacode/notes.clj I tawt I taw a puddy cat!
rayne@ubuntu:~/cljprojs/rosettacode$ java -cp 'lib/*' clojure.main src/rosettacode/notes.clj I did! I did!
rayne@ubuntu:~/cljprojs/rosettacode$ cat NOTES.txt 
Wed Dec 29 14:09:24 CST 2010
	I tawt I taw a puddy cat!
Wed Dec 29 14:09:28 CST 2010
	I did! I did!
rayne@ubuntu:~/cljprojs/rosettacode$ java -cp 'lib/*' clojure.main src/rosettacode/notes.clj
Wed Dec 29 14:09:24 CST 2010
	I tawt I taw a puddy cat!
Wed Dec 29 14:09:28 CST 2010
	I did! I did!

COBOL

Works with: OpenCOBOL

<lang cobol> IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

      PROGRAM-ID. NOTES.
      ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
      INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
      FILE-CONTROL.
          SELECT OPTIONAL notes ASSIGN TO "NOTES.TXT"
              ORGANIZATION LINE SEQUENTIAL
              FILE STATUS note-status.
      DATA DIVISION.
      FILE SECTION.
      FD  notes.
      01  note-record       PIC X(256).
      LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION.
      01  note-status       PIC 99.
          88  notes-ok      VALUE 0 THRU 9.
      01  date-now.
          03  current-year  PIC 9(4).
          03  current-month PIC 99.
          03  current-day   PIC 99.
      01  time-now.
          03  current-hour  PIC 99.
          03  current-min   PIC 99.
          03  current-sec   PIC 99.
      01  args              PIC X(256).
      PROCEDURE DIVISION.
      DECLARATIVES.
      note-error SECTION.
          USE AFTER STANDARD ERROR PROCEDURE ON notes.
          DISPLAY "Error using NOTES.TXT. Error code: " note-status
          .
      END DECLARATIVES.
      main.
          ACCEPT args FROM COMMAND-LINE
  • *> If there are no args, display contents of NOTES.TXT.
          IF args = SPACES
              OPEN INPUT notes
              PERFORM FOREVER
  • *> READ has no syntax highlighting, but END-READ does.
  • *> Go figure.
                  READ notes 
                      AT END
                          EXIT PERFORM
                      NOT AT END
                          DISPLAY FUNCTION TRIM(note-record)
                  END-READ
              END-PERFORM
          ELSE
              OPEN EXTEND notes
  • *> Write date and time to file.
              ACCEPT date-now FROM DATE YYYYMMDD
              ACCEPT time-now FROM TIME
              STRING current-year "-" current-month "-" current-day
                  " " current-hour ":" current-min ":" current-sec
                  INTO note-record
              WRITE note-record
              
  • *> Write arguments to file as they were passed.
              STRING X"09", args INTO note-record
              WRITE note-record
          END-IF
          CLOSE notes
          GOBACK
          .</lang>

Common Lisp

<lang lisp>(defparameter *notes* "NOTES.TXT")

(defun format-date-time (stream)

 (multiple-value-bind (second minute hour date month year) (get-decoded-time)
   (format stream "~D-~2,'0D-~2,'0D ~2,'0D:~2,'0D:~2,'0D"
           year month date hour minute second)))

(defun notes (args)

 (if args
     (with-open-file (s *notes* :direction :output
                                :if-exists :append
                                :if-does-not-exist :create)
       (format-date-time s)
       (format s "~&~A~{~A~^ ~}~%" #\Tab args))
     (with-open-file (s *notes* :if-does-not-exist nil)
       (when s
         (loop for line = (read-line s nil)
               while line
               do (write-line line))))))

(defun main ()

 (notes (uiop:command-line-arguments)))</lang>

D

<lang d>void main(in string[] args) {

   import std.stdio, std.file, std.datetime, std.range;
   immutable filename = "NOTES.TXT";
   if (args.length == 1) {
       if (filename.exists && filename.isFile)
           writefln("%-(%s\n%)", filename.File.byLine);
   } else {
       auto f = File(filename, "a+");
       f.writefln("%s", cast(DateTime)Clock.currTime);
       f.writefln("\t%-(%s %)", args.dropOne);
   }

}</lang>

Output:
C:\>notes Permission to speak, sir!
C:\>notes They don't like it up 'em, sir, they don't like it up 'em!
C:\>notes Don't panic! DON'T PANIC!
C:\>notes
2013-Mar-01 17:50:38
        Permission to speak, sir!
2013-Mar-01 17:51:00
        They don't like it up 'em, sir, they don't like it up 'em!
2013-Mar-01 17:52:18
        Don't panic! DON'T PANIC!

Delphi

<lang delphi>program notes;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses

 Classes,
 SysUtils,
 IOUtils;

const

 FILENAME = 'NOTES.TXT';
 TAB = #9;

var

 sw: TStreamWriter;
 i : integer;

begin

 if ParamCount = 0 then
 begin
   if TFile.Exists(FILENAME) then
     write(TFile.ReadAllText(FILENAME));
 end
 else
 begin
   if TFile.Exists(FILENAME) then
     sw := TFile.AppendText(FILENAME)
   else
     sw := TFile.CreateText(FILENAME);
   sw.Write(FormatDateTime('yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn',Now));
   sw.Write(TAB);
   for i := 1 to ParamCount do
   begin
     sw.Write(ParamStr(i));
     if i < ParamCount then
       sw.Write(' ');
   end;
   sw.WriteLine;
   sw.Free;
 end;

end.</lang>

E

<lang e>#!/usr/bin/env rune

def f := <file:notes.txt> def date := makeCommand("date")

switch (interp.getArgs()) {

   match [] {
       if (f.exists()) {
           for line in f { print(line) }
       }
   }
   match noteArgs {
       def w := f.textWriter(true)
       w.print(date()[0], "\t", " ".rjoin(noteArgs), "\n")
       w.close()
   }

}</lang>

Elixir

Translation of: Erlang

<lang elixir>defmodule Take_notes do

 @filename "NOTES.TXT"
 
 def main( [] ), do: display_notes
 def main( arguments ), do: save_notes( arguments )
 
 def display_notes, do: IO.puts File.read!(@filename)
 def save_notes( arguments ) do
   notes = "#{inspect :calendar.local_time}\n\t" <> Enum.join(arguments, " ")
   File.open!(@filename, [:append], fn(file) -> IO.puts(file, notes) end)
 end

end

Take_notes.main(System.argv)</lang>

Erlang

<lang Erlang>

  1. ! /usr/bin/env escript

main( Arguments ) -> display_notes( Arguments ), save_notes( Arguments ).


display_notes( [] ) -> io:fwrite( "~s", [erlang:binary_to_list(file_contents())] ); display_notes( _Arguments ) -> ok.

file() -> "NOTES.TXT".

file_contents() -> file_contents( file:read_file(file()) ).

file_contents( {ok, Binary} ) -> Binary; file_contents( {error, _Error} ) -> <<>>.

save_notes( [] ) -> ok; save_notes( Arguments ) -> Date = io_lib:format( "~p~n", [calendar:local_time()] ), Notes = [Date ++ "\t" | [io_lib:format( "~s ", [X]) || X <- Arguments]], Existing_contents = file_contents(), file:write_file( file(), [Existing_contents, Notes, "\n"] ). </lang>

Euphoria

<lang Euphoria>constant cmd = command_line() constant filename = "notes.txt" integer fn object line sequence date_time

if length(cmd) < 3 then

   fn = open(filename,"r")
   if fn != -1 then
       while 1 do
           line = gets(fn)
           if atom(line) then
               exit
           end if
           puts(1,line)
       end while
       close(fn)
   end if

else

   fn = open(filename,"a") -- if such file doesn't exist it will be created
   date_time = date()
   date_time = date_time[1..6]
   date_time[1] += 1900
   printf(fn,"%d-%02d-%02d %d:%02d:%02d\n",date_time)
   line = "\t"
   for n = 3 to length(cmd) do
       line &= cmd[n] & ' '
   end for
   line[$] = '\n'
   puts(fn,line)
   close(fn)

end if</lang>

F#

<lang fsharp>open System;; open System.IO;;

let file_path = "notes.txt";;

let show_notes () =

   try
       printfn "%s" <| File.ReadAllText(file_path)
   with 
       _ -> printfn "Take some notes first!";;

let take_note (note : string) =

   let now = DateTime.Now.ToString() in 
   let note = sprintf "%s\n\t%s" now note in
   use file_stream = File.AppendText file_path in (* 'use' closes file_stream automatically when control leaves the scope *)
       file_stream.WriteLine note;;

[<EntryPoint>] let main args =

   match Array.length args with
       | 0 -> show_notes()
       | _ -> take_note <| String.concat " " args;
   0;;</lang>

Usage:

> .\TakeNotes.exe
Take some notes first!
> .\TakeNotes.exe some note with multiple words
> .\TakeNotes.exe another note, with coma in it
> .\TakeNotes.exe
2011-10-15 20:36:52
        some note with multiple words
2011-10-15 20:37:22
        another note with coma in it

Factor

<lang factor>#! /usr/bin/env factor USING: kernel calendar calendar.format io io.encodings.utf8 io.files sequences command-line namespaces ;

command-line get [

   "notes.txt" utf8 file-contents print

] [

   " " join "\t" prepend
   "notes.txt" utf8 [
       now timestamp>ymdhms print
       print flush
   ] with-file-appender

] if-empty</lang>

Fantom

<lang fantom> class Notes {

 public static Void main (Str[] args)
 {
   notesFile := File(`notes.txt`) // the backticks make a URI
   if (args.isEmpty)
   {
     if (notesFile.exists) 
     {
       notesFile.eachLine |line| { echo (line) }
     }
   }
   else
   {
     // notice the following uses a block so the 'printLine/close' 
     // operations are all applied to the same output stream for notesFile
     notesFile.out(true) // 'true' to append to file 
     { 
       printLine ( DateTime.now.toLocale("DD-MM-YY hh:mm:ss").toStr )
       printLine ( "\t" + args.join(" ") )
       close
     }
   }
 }

} </lang>

Sample:

$ fan notes.fan started notes file
$ fan notes.fan added second set of notes
$ fan notes.fan and a third
$ fan notes.fan 
30-01-11 12:30:05
	started notes file
30-01-11 12:30:17
	added second set of notes
30-01-11 12:30:30
	and a third

Forth

The following is SwiftForth-specific, and runs in the Forth environment rather than as a standalone terminal application. Win32Forth only needs simple replacements of DATE and TIME . A Unix Forth would come closer to the 'commandline' requirement, as Windows Forths for whatever reason very eagerly discard the Windows console. Because this runs in the Forth environment, the otherwise acceptable application words are stuffed in a wordlist. Standard Forth doesn't have the notion of create-it-if-it-doesn't-exist, so OPEN just tries again with CREATE-FILE if OPEN-FILE fails.

<lang forth>vocabulary note-words get-current also note-words definitions

\ -- notes.txt variable file

open s" notes.txt" r/w open-file if
            s" notes.txt" r/w create-file throw then file ! ;
appending file @ file-size throw file @ reposition-file throw ;
write file @ write-file throw ;
close file @ close-file throw ;

\ -- SwiftForth console workaround 9 constant TAB

type ( c-addr u -- )
 bounds ?do
   i c@ dup TAB = if drop 8 spaces else emit then
 loop ;

\ -- dump notes.txt create buf 4096 allot

dump ( -- )
 cr begin buf 4096 file @ read-file throw dup while
   buf swap type
 repeat drop ;

\ -- time and date

time @time (time) ;
date @date (date) ;

\ -- add note

cr s\" \n" write ;
tab s\" \t" write ;
space s" " write ;
add-note ( c-addr u -- ) appending
 date write space time write cr
 tab ( note ) write cr ;

set-current

\ -- note

note ( "note" -- )
 open 0 parse dup if add-note
 else 2drop dump then close ;

previous</lang> The following is exactly the same program, but written in 4tH. 4tH has an I/O system which is different from ANS-Forth. The notes file is specified on the commandline. <lang forth>\ -- notes.txt include lib/argopen.4th include lib/ansfacil.4th

\ -- dump notes.txt 4096 buffer: buf

dump ( -- )
 input 1 arg-open
 begin buf dup 4096 accept dup while type repeat
 drop drop close ;

\ -- time and date

:00 <# # # [char] : hold #> type ;
-00 <# # # [char] - hold #> type ;
.time 0 .r :00 :00 ;
.date 0 .r -00 -00 ;

\ -- add note

add-note ( c-addr u -- )
 output append [+] 1 arg-open -rot
 time&date .date space .time cr
 9 emit type cr close ;

\ -- note

note ( "note" -- )
 argn 2 < abort" Usage: notes filename"
 refill drop 0 parse dup if add-note else 2drop dump then ;

note</lang>

Gambas

<lang gambas>'Note that the 1st item in 'Args' is the file name as on the command line './CLIOnly.gambas'

Public Sub Main() Dim sContents As String 'To store the file contents Dim sArgs As String[] = Args.All 'To store all the Command line Arguments

If Not Exist(User.home &/ "NOTES.TXT") Then 'If NOTES.TXT doesn't already exist in the current directory then..

 File.Save(User.home &/ "NOTES.TXT", "")                                   'a new NOTES.TXT file should be created.
 Print "New file 'NOTES.TXT' created."                                     'A meassge

Endif

sContents = File.Load(User.home &/ "NOTES.TXT") 'Get the contents of the file

If Args.count < 2 Then 'If NOTES has arguments (other than the file name)

 Print sContents                                                           'Print the file contents

Else

 sContents &= Format(Now, "dddd dd mmmm, yyyy, hh:nn:ss") & gb.NewLine &   'The current date and time are appended to the local NOTES.TXT followed by a newline and..
    gb.Tab & sArgs.Join(" ") & gb.NewLine                                  'Then all the arguments, joined with spaces, prepended with a tab, and appended with a trailing newline
 Print sContents                                                           'Displays the current contents of the local NOTES.TXT
 File.Save(User.home &/ "NOTES.TXT", sContents)                            'Write contents to NOTES.TXT

Endif

End</lang> Output:

Wednesday 24 May, 2017, 17:55:56
	./CLIOnly.gambas Hello to
Wednesday 24 May, 2017, 17:55:58
	./CLIOnly.gambas Hello to you all

Go

<lang go>package main

import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "strings" "time" )

func addNote(fn string, note string) error { f, err := os.OpenFile(fn, os.O_RDWR|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0666) if err != nil { return err } _, err = fmt.Fprint(f, time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123), "\n\t", note, "\n") // To be extra careful with errors from Close(): if cErr := f.Close(); err == nil { err = cErr } return err }

func showNotes(w io.Writer, fn string) error { f, err := os.Open(fn) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { return nil // don't report "no such file" } return err } _, err = io.Copy(w, f) f.Close() return err }

func main() { const fn = "NOTES.TXT" var err error if len(os.Args) > 1 { err = addNote(fn, strings.Join(os.Args[1:], " ")) } else { err = showNotes(os.Stdout, fn) } if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err) os.Exit(1) } }</lang>

Groovy

<lang groovy>def notes = new File('./notes.txt') if (args) {

   notes << "${new Date().format('YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}\t${args.join(' ')}\n"

} else {

   println notes.text

} </lang>

Haskell

<lang haskell>import System.Environment (getArgs) import System.Time (getClockTime)

main :: IO () main = do

 args <- getArgs
 if null args
   then catch (readFile "notes.txt" >>= putStr)
              (\_ -> return ())
   else
     do ct <- getClockTime
        appendFile "notes.txt" $ show ct ++ "\n\t" ++ unwords args ++ "\n"</lang>
Output:

after a few runs

Thu Apr 22 19:01:41 PDT 2010
	Test line 1.
Thu Apr 22 19:01:45 PDT 2010
	Test line 2.

HicEst

<lang HicEst>SYSTEM(RUN) ! start this script in RUN-mode

CHARACTER notes="Notes.txt", txt*1000

! Remove file name from the global variable $CMD_LINE: EDIT(Text=$CMD_LINE, Mark1, Right=".hic ", Right=4, Mark2, Delete)

IF($CMD_LINE == ' ') THEN

 READ(FIle=notes, LENgth=Lnotes)
 IF( Lnotes ) THEN
   WINDOW(WINdowhandle=hdl, TItle=notes)
   WRITE(Messagebox="?Y") "Finished ?"
 ENDIF

ELSE

 WRITE(Text=txt, Format="UWWW CCYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS, A") 0, $CRLF//$TAB//TRIM($CMD_LINE)//$CRLF
 OPEN(FIle=notes, APPend)
 WRITE(FIle=notes, CLoSe=1) txt

ENDIF

ALARM(999) ! quit HicEst immediately</lang>

Thu 2010-09-16 18:42:15
	This is line 1

Thu 2010-09-16 18:42:23
	This is line 2

Icon and Unicon

<lang Icon> procedure write_out_notes (filename)

 file := open (filename, "rt") | stop ("no notes file yet")
 every write (!file)

end

procedure add_to_notes (filename, strs)

 file := open (filename, "at")  | # append to file if it exists
         open (filename, "cat") | # create the file if not there
         stop ("unable to open " || filename)
 writes (file, ctime(&now) || "\n\t")
 every writes (file, !strs || " ")
 write (file, "")

end

procedure main (args)

 notes_file := "notes.txt"
 if *args = 0 
   then write_out_notes (notes_file)
   else add_to_notes (notes_file, args)

end </lang>

Output:
$ ./take-notes
no notes file yet
$ ./take-notes finished notes program
$ ./take-notes
Thu Jun  2 23:39:49 2011
	finished notes program 
$ ./take-notes for Unicon
$ ./take-notes
Thu Jun  2 23:39:49 2011
	finished notes program 
Thu Jun  2 23:40:13 2011
	for Unicon 

J

Solution:
<lang j>require 'files strings'

notes=: monad define

if. #y do.
  now=. LF ,~ 6!:0 'hh:mm:ss DD/MM/YYYY'
  'notes.txt' fappend~ now, LF ,~ TAB, ' ' joinstring y
elseif. -. _1 -: txt=. fread 'notes.txt' do.
  smoutput txt
end.

)

notes 2}.ARGV exit 0</lang>

Create a Shortcut called Notes that calls the script above using the Target:
"c:\program files\j602\bin\jconsole.exe" path\to\script\notes.ijs
and Start in: .\

Example Use:
In a Windows CMD session...

C:\Folder>Notes.lnk "Test line 1"

C:\Folder>Notes.lnk "Test" "line" "2"

C:\Folder>Notes.lnk Test line 3

C:\Folder>Notes.lnk
2010 5 21 11 31 30.389
        Test line 1
2010 5 21 11 31 50.669
        Test line 2
2010 5 21 11 32 14.895
        Test line 3

Java

<lang java>import java.io.*; import java.nio.channels.*; import java.util.Date;

public class TakeNotes {

   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
       if (args.length > 0) {
           PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream("notes.txt", true));
           ps.println(new Date());
           ps.print("\t" + args[0]);
           for (int i = 1; i < args.length; i++)
               ps.print(" " + args[i]);
           ps.println();
           ps.close();
       } else {
           FileChannel fc = new FileInputStream("notes.txt").getChannel();
           fc.transferTo(0, fc.size(), Channels.newChannel(System.out));
           fc.close();
       }
   }

}</lang>

JavaScript

Works with: JScript

<lang javascript>var notes = 'NOTES.TXT';

var args = WScript.Arguments; var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8;

if (args.length == 0) {

   if (fso.FileExists(notes)) {
       var f = fso.OpenTextFile(notes, ForReading);
       WScript.Echo(f.ReadAll());
       f.Close();
   }

} else {

   var f = fso.OpenTextFile(notes, ForAppending, true);
   var d = new Date();
   f.WriteLine(d.toLocaleString());
   f.Write("\t");
   // note that WScript.Arguments is not an array, it is a "collection"
   // it does not have a join() method.
   for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
       f.Write(args(i) + " ");
   }
   f.WriteLine();
   f.Close();

}</lang>

> del NOTES.TXT
> cscript /nologo notes.js
> cscript /nologo notes.js this   is   the   first note
> cscript /nologo notes.js
April 1, 2010 5:18:38 PM
        this is the first note


Lasso

<lang Lasso>#!/usr/bin/lasso9

local( arguments = $argv -> asarray, notesfile = file('notes.txt') )

  1. arguments -> removefirst

if(#arguments -> size) => {

#notesfile -> openappend #notesfile -> dowithclose => { #notesfile -> writestring(date -> format(`YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:SS`) + '\n') #notesfile -> writestring('\t' + #arguments -> join(', ') + '\n') }


else #notesfile -> exists ? stdout(#notesfile -> readstring) }<lang>

Called with: <lang Lasso>./notes "Rosetta was here" Räksmörgås ./notes First Second Last ./notes </lang>

2013-11-15 11:43:08
	Rosetta was here, Räksmörgås
2013-11-15 11:43:67
	First, Second, Last

Lua

<lang lua>filename = "NOTES.TXT"

if #arg == 0 then

   fp = io.open( filename, "r" )
   if fp ~= nil then
       print( fp:read( "*all*" ) )
       fp:close()
   end

else

   fp = io.open( filename, "a+" )
   fp:write( os.date( "%x %X\n" ) )
   fp:write( "\t" )
   for i = 1, #arg do

fp:write( arg[i], " " )

   end
   fp:write( "\n" )
   fp:close()

end</lang>

Mathematica

<lang>If[Length[$CommandLine < 11], str = OpenRead["NOTES.TXT"];

Print[ReadString[str, EndOfFile]]; Close[str], 
str = OpenAppend["NOTES.TXT"]; WriteLine[str, DateString[]]; 
WriteLine[str, "\t" <> StringRiffle[$CommandLine11 ;;]]; 
Close[str]]</lang>

MATLAB / Octave

<lang Matlab> function notes(varargin)

   % NOTES can be used for taking notes 
   % usage:
   %    notes    displays the content of the file NOTES.TXT
   %    notes arg1 arg2 ... 
   %             add the current date, time and arg# to NOTES.TXT
   %
   filename = 'NOTES.TXT'; 
   if nargin==0

fid = fopen(filename,'rt'); if fid<0, return; end; while ~feof(fid) fprintf('%s\n',fgetl(fid)); end; fclose(fid);

   else
       fid = fopen(filename,'a+');

if fid<0, error('cannot open %s\n',filename); end;

       fprintf(fid, '%s\n\t%s', datestr(now),varargin{1});
       for k=2:length(varargin)
           fprintf(fid, ', %s', varargin{k});

end; fprintf(fid,'\n'); fclose(fid);

   end;    </lang>

Mercury

<lang mercury>:- module notes.

- interface.
- import_module io.
- pred main(io::di, io::uo) is det.
- implementation.
- import_module list, time.

main(!IO) :-

   io.command_line_arguments(Args, !IO),
   ( if Args = [] then print_notes(!IO) else add_note(Args, !IO) ).
- pred print_notes(io::di, io::uo) is det.

print_notes(!IO) :-

  io.open_input(notes_filename, InputRes, !IO),
  (
       InputRes = ok(Input),
       io.input_stream_foldl_io(Input, io.write_char, WriteRes, !IO),
       (
           WriteRes = ok
       ;
           WriteRes = error(WriteError),
           print_io_error(WriteError, !IO)
       ),
       io.close_input(Input, !IO)
  ;
       InputRes = error(_InputError)
  ).
- pred add_note(list(string)::in, io::di, io::uo) is det.

add_note(Words, !IO) :-

  io.open_append(notes_filename, OutputRes, !IO),
  (
      OutputRes = ok(Output),
      time(Time, !IO),
      io.write_string(Output, ctime(Time), !IO),
      io.write_char(Output, '\t', !IO),
      io.write_list(Output, Words, " ", io.write_string, !IO),
      io.nl(Output, !IO),
      io.close_output(Output, !IO)
  ;
      OutputRes = error(OutputError),
      print_io_error(OutputError, !IO)
  ).
- pred print_io_error(io.error::in, io::di, io::uo) is det.

print_io_error(Error, !IO) :-

  io.stderr_stream(Stderr, !IO),
  io.write_string(Stderr, io.error_message(Error), !IO),
  io.set_exit_status(1, !IO).
- func notes_filename = string.

notes_filename = "NOTES.TXT".

- end_module notes.</lang>

Nim

<lang nim>import os, times, strutils

if paramCount() == 0:

 try: stdout.write readFile("notes.txt")
 except IOError: discard

else:

 var f = open("notes.txt", fmAppend)
 f.writeln getTime()
 f.writeln "\t", commandLineParams().join(" ")
 f.close()</lang>

Sample format.txt:

Mon Jul 14 03:37:20 2014
	Hello World
Mon Jul 14 03:37:45 2014
	Hello World again

OCaml

<lang ocaml>#! /usr/bin/env ocaml

  1. load "unix.cma"

let notes_file = "notes.txt"

let take_notes() =

 let gmt = Unix.gmtime (Unix.time()) in
 let date =
   Printf.sprintf "%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d"
     (1900 + gmt.Unix.tm_year) (1 + gmt.Unix.tm_mon) gmt.Unix.tm_mday
     gmt.Unix.tm_hour gmt.Unix.tm_min gmt.Unix.tm_sec
 in
 let oc = open_out_gen [Open_append; Open_creat; Open_text] 0o644 notes_file in
 output_string oc (date ^ "\t");
 output_string oc (String.concat " " (List.tl(Array.to_list Sys.argv)));
 output_string oc "\n";

let dump_notes() =

 if not(Sys.file_exists notes_file)
 then (prerr_endline "no local notes found"; exit 1);
 let ic = open_in notes_file in
 try while true do
   print_endline (input_line ic)
 done with End_of_file ->
   close_in ic

let () =

 if Array.length Sys.argv = 1
 then dump_notes()
 else take_notes()</lang>

Oz

<lang oz>functor import

  Application
  Open
  OS
  System

define

  fun {TimeStamp}
     N = {OS.localTime}
  in
     (1900+N.year)#"-"#(1+N.mon)#"-"#N.mDay#", "#N.hour#":"#N.min#":"#N.sec
  end
  fun {Join X|Xr Sep}
     {FoldL Xr fun {$ Z X} Z#Sep#X end X}
  end
  
  case {Application.getArgs plain}
  of nil then
     try
        F = {New Open.file init(name:"notes.txt")}
     in
        {System.printInfo {F read(list:$ size:all)}}
        {F close}
     catch _ then skip end      
  [] Args then
     F = {New Open.file init(name:"notes.txt" flags:[write text create append])}
  in
     {F write(vs:{TimeStamp}#"\n")}
     {F write(vs:"\t"#{Join Args " "}#"\n")}
     {F close}
  end
  {Application.exit 0}

end</lang>

Pascal

Free Pascal in Delphi mode or Delphi in console mode.

<lang Pascal> {$mode delphi} PROGRAM notes; // Notes: a time-stamped command line notebook // usage: >notes "note"< or >notes< to display contents USES Classes, SysUtils;

VAR Note  : TStringList; Fname : STRING = 'Notes.txt'; Dtime : STRING; Ntext : STRING; c  : Cardinal;

BEGIN DTime := FormatDateTime('YYYY-MM-DD-hhnn',Now); Note  := TStringList.Create; WITH Note DO BEGIN TRY LoadFromFile(Fname); EXCEPT Add(DTime); NText := 'Notes.txt created.'; END; // command line args present: // add note with date & time IF ParamStr(1) <> THEN BEGIN NText := ParamStr(1); Add(DTime); Add(NText); SaveToFile(Fname); // command line args absent: // display contents of notebook END ELSE FOR c := 0 TO Count-1 DO Writeln(Note[c]); Free; END; END. </lang>

Program usage and output:
>notes "Done: coded notes.pas for RC. It was quick."
>notes
2013-09-18-2243
Notes.txt created.
2013-09-18-2252
To do: code notes.pas for RC.
2013-09-18-2253
Done: coded notes.pas for RC. It was quick.

Perl

<lang Perl>my $file = 'notes.txt'; if ( @ARGV ) {

 open NOTES, '>>', $file or die "Can't append to file $file: $!";
 print NOTES scalar localtime, "\n\t@ARGV\n";

} else {

 open NOTES, '<', $file or die "Can't read file $file: $!";
 print <NOTES>;

} close NOTES;</lang>

Output:

after a few runs

Thu Apr 22 19:01:41 2010
	Test line 1.
Thu Apr 22 19:01:45 2010
	Test line 2.

Perl 6

<lang perl6>my $file = 'notes.txt';

multi MAIN() {

   print slurp($file);

}

multi MAIN(*@note) {

   my $fh = open($file, :a);
   $fh.say: DateTime.now, "\n\t", @note;
   $fh.close;

}</lang>

Phix

Copy of Euphoria <lang Phix>constant cmd = command_line() constant filename = "notes.txt" integer fn object line if length(cmd)<3 then

   fn = open(filename,"r")
   if fn!=-1 then
       while 1 do
           line = gets(fn)
           if atom(line) then exit end if
           puts(1,line)
       end while
       close(fn)
   end if

else

   fn = open(filename,"a") -- if such file doesn't exist it will be created
   printf(fn,"%d-%02d-%02d %d:%02d:%02d\n",date())
   printf(fn,"\t%s\n",join(cmd[3..$]))
   close(fn)

end if</lang>

PicoLisp

<lang PicoLisp>#!/usr/bin/picolisp /usr/lib/picolisp/lib.l

(load "@lib/misc.l") (if (argv)

  (out "+notes.txt" (prinl (stamp) "^J^I" (glue " " @)))
  (and (info "notes.txt") (in "notes.txt" (echo))) )

(bye)</lang>

PL/I

<lang PL/I>NOTES: procedure (text) options (main); /* 8 April 2014 */

  declare text character (100) varying;
  declare note_file file;
  on undefinedfile(note_file) go to file_does_not_exist;
  open file (note_file) title ('/NOTES.TXT,recsize(100),type(text)');
  revert error;
  if text =  then
     do;
        on endfile (note_file) stop;
        do forever;
           get file (note_file) edit (text) (L);
           put skip list (text);
        end;
     end;
  close file (note_file);
  open file (note_file) output title ('/NOTES.TXT,recsize(100),type(text),append(y)');
  put file (note_file) skip list (DATETIME('DDMmmYYYY'), TIME());
  put file (note_file) skip list (text);
  put file (note_file) skip;
  put skip list ('Appended ' || text || ' to file');
  return;

file_does_not_exist:

  revert undefinedfile (note_file);
  close file (note_file);
  open file (note_file) output title ('/NOTES.TXT,recsize(100),type(text)');
  put file (note_file) skip list (DATETIME('DDMmmYYYY'), TIME());
  put file (note_file) skip list (text);
  put file (note_file) skip;
  put skip list ('The file, NOTES.TXT, has been created');

end NOTES;</lang>

PowerShell

<lang powershell>$notes = "notes.txt" if (($args).length -eq 0) {

   if(Test-Path $notes) {
       Get-Content $notes
   }

} else {

   Get-Date | Add-Content $notes
   "`t" + $args -join " " | Add-Content $notes

}</lang>

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>#FileName="notes.txt" Define argc=CountProgramParameters() If OpenConsole()

 If argc=0
   If ReadFile(0,#FileName)
     While Eof(0)=0
       PrintN(ReadString(0))                    ; No new notes, so present the old
     Wend
     CloseFile(0)
   EndIf
 Else ; e.g. we have some arguments
   Define d$=FormatDate("%yyyy-%mm-%dd %hh:%ii:%ss",date())
   If OpenFile(0,#FileName)
     Define args$=""
     While argc
       args$+" "+ProgramParameter()             ; Read all arguments
       argc-1
     Wend
     FileSeek(0,Lof(0))                         ; Go to the end of this file
     WriteStringN(0,d$+#CRLF$+#TAB$+args$)      ; Append date & note
     CloseFile(0)
   EndIf
 EndIf

EndIf</lang>

Python

<lang python>import sys, datetime, shutil

if len(sys.argv) == 1:

   try:
       with open('notes.txt', 'r') as f:
           shutil.copyfileobj(f, sys.stdout)
   except IOError:
       pass

else:

   with open('notes.txt', 'a') as f:
       f.write(datetime.datetime.now().isoformat() + '\n')
       f.write("\t%s\n" % ' '.join(sys.argv[1:]))</lang>

Sample notes.txt file

After assorted runs:

2010-04-01T17:06:20.312000
	go for it
2010-04-01T17:08:20.718000
	go for it

PHP

<lang php>

  1. !/usr/bin/php

<?php if ($argc > 1)

   file_put_contents(
       'notes.txt', 
       date('r')."\n\t".implode(' ', array_slice($argv, 1))."\n",
       FILE_APPEND
   );

else

   @readfile('notes.txt');

</lang> Note that the error suppression operator (@) is considered bad coding practice.

Sample notes.txt file

zls@zls:~$ ./notes hello rosetta code
zls@zls:~$ ./notes todo notes program
zls@zls:~$ ./notes 
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:27:35 +0200
	hello rosetta code
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:27:45 +0200
	todo notes program

R

<lang R>#!/usr/bin/env Rscript --default-packages=methods

args <- commandArgs(trailingOnly=TRUE)

if (length(args) == 0) {

 conn <- file("notes.txt", 'r')
 cat(readLines(conn), sep="\n")

} else {

 conn <- file("notes.txt", 'a')
 cat(file=conn, date(), "\n\t", paste(args, collapse=" "), "\n", sep="")

} close(conn)</lang>

Racket

<lang Racket>

  1. !/usr/bin/env racket
  2. lang racket

(define file "NOTES.TXT") (require racket/date) (command-line #:args notes

 (if (null? notes)
   (if (file-exists? file)
     (call-with-input-file* file
       (λ(i) (copy-port i (current-output-port))))
     (raise-user-error 'notes "missing ~a file" file))
   (call-with-output-file* file #:exists 'append
     (λ(o) (fprintf o "~a\n\t~a\n"
                    (date->string (current-date) #t)
                    (string-join notes))))))

</lang>

REBOL

<lang REBOL>REBOL [

  Title: "Notes"
  Author: oofoe
  Date: 2010-10-04
  URL: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Take_notes_on_the_command_line

]

notes: %notes.txt

either any [none? args: system/script/args empty? args] [

  if exists? notes [print read notes]

] [

  write/binary/append notes rejoin [now lf tab args lf]

]</lang>

Sample session:
> rebol -w notes.r 
> rebol -w notes.r "Test line 1"
> rebol -w notes.r "Test" "line" "2"
> rebol -w notes.r Test line 3
> rebol -w notes.r
4-Oct-2010/21:45:16-5:00
	Test line 1
4-Oct-2010/21:45:27-5:00
	Test line 2
4-Oct-2010/21:45:36-5:00
	Test line 3

REXX

<lang rexx>/*REXX program implements the "NOTES" command (append text to a file from the C.L.).*/ timestamp=right(date(),11,0) time() date('W') /*create a (current) date & time stamp.*/ nFID = 'NOTES.TXT' /*the fileID of the "notes" file. */

if 'f2'x==2 then tab="05"x /*this is an EBCDIC system. */

            else tab="09"x                      /*  "   "  "  ASCII    "               */

if arg()==0 then do while lines(nFID) /*No arguments? Then display the file.*/

                 say linein(Nfid)               /*display  a  line of file ──► screen. */
                 end   /*while*/
            else do
                 call lineout nFID,timestamp    /*append the timestamp to "notes" file.*/
                 call lineout nFID,tab||arg(1)  /*   "    "     text    "    "      "  */
                 end
                                                /*stick a fork in it,  we're all done. */</lang>

Ruby

<lang ruby>notes = 'NOTES.TXT' if ARGV.empty?

 File.copy_stream(notes, $stdout) rescue nil

else

 File.open(notes, 'a') {|file| file.puts "%s\n\t%s" % [Time.now, ARGV.join(' ')]}

end</lang>

Rust

This uses version 0.4 of the chrono crate <lang Rust>extern crate chrono;

use std::fs::OpenOptions; use std::io::{self, BufReader, BufWriter}; use std::io::prelude::*; use std::env;

const FILENAME: &str = "NOTES.TXT";

fn show_notes() -> Result<(), io::Error> {

   let file = OpenOptions::new()
       .read(true)
       .create(true) // create the file if not found
       .write(true) // necessary to create the file
       .open(FILENAME)?;
   let mut buf_reader = BufReader::new(file);
   let mut contents = String::new();
   buf_reader.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
   println!("{}", contents);
   Ok(())

}

fn add_to_notes(note: &str) -> Result<(), io::Error> {

   let file = OpenOptions::new()
       .append(true) // disables overwriting, writes to the end of the file
       .create(true)
       .open(FILENAME)?;
   let mut buf_writer = BufWriter::new(file);
   let date_and_time = chrono::Local::now();
   writeln!(buf_writer, "{}", date_and_time)?;
   writeln!(buf_writer, "\t{}", note)

}

fn main() {

   let note = env::args().skip(1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
   if note.is_empty() {
       show_notes().expect("failed to print NOTES.TXT");
   } else {
       add_to_notes(&note.join(" ")).expect("failed to write to NOTES.TXT");
   }

}</lang>

Scala

Library: Scala

<lang scala>import java.io.{ FileNotFoundException, FileOutputStream, PrintStream } import java.time.LocalDateTime

object TakeNotes extends App {

 val notesFileName = "notes.txt"
 if (args.length > 0) {
   val ps = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(notesFileName, true))
   ps.println(LocalDateTime.now() + args.mkString("\n\t", " ", "."))
   ps.close()
 } else try {
   io.Source.fromFile(notesFileName).getLines().foreach(println) 
 } catch {
   case e: FileNotFoundException => println(e.getLocalizedMessage())
   case e: Throwable => {
     println("Some other exception type:")
     e.printStackTrace()
   }
 }

}</lang>

Scheme

(moved from Racket)

Works with: Racket

<lang scheme>#lang racket (require racket/date) (define *notes* "NOTES.TXT")

(let ([a (vector->list (current-command-line-arguments))])

 (cond
   [(empty? a)
    (with-handlers ([exn:fail? void])
      (call-with-input-file *notes*
        (lambda (fi)
          (copy-port fi (current-output-port)))))
    ]
   [else
    (call-with-output-file *notes*
      (lambda (fo)
        (let ([ln (apply string-append (add-between a " "))]
              [dt (date->string (current-date))])
          (fprintf fo "~a~n\t~a~n" dt ln)))
      #:mode 'text #:exists 'append)
    ]))</lang>

Seed7

<lang seed7>$ include "seed7_05.s7i"; $ include "getf.s7i"; $ include "time.s7i";

const string: noteFileName is "NOTES.TXT";

const proc: main is func

 local
   var file: note is STD_NULL;
 begin
   if length(argv(PROGRAM)) = 0 then
     # write NOTES.TXT
     write(getf(noteFileName));
   else
     # Write date & time to NOTES.TXT, and then arguments
     note := open(noteFileName, "a");
     if note <> STD_NULL then
       writeln(note, truncToSecond(time(NOW)));
       writeln(note, "\t" <& join(argv(PROGRAM), " "));
       close(note);
     end if;
   end if;
 end func;</lang>

Sidef

<lang ruby>var file = %f'notes.txt'

if (ARGV.len > 0) {

   var fh = file.open_a
   fh.say(Time.local.ctime + "\n\t" + ARGV.join(" "))
   fh.close

} else {

   var fh = file.open_r
   fh && fh.each { .say }

}</lang>

Output:
$ sidef notes.sf Test 1
$ sidef notes.sf Test 2
$ sidef notes.sf
Sat Sep 12 00:19:36 2015
	Test 1
Sat Sep 12 00:19:37 2015
	Test 2

SNOBOL4

Works with: Macro SNOBOL4 in C

<lang snobol>#! /usr/local/bin/snobol4 -b a = 2 ;* skip '-b' parameter notefile = "notes.txt" while args = args host(2,a = a + 1) " " :s(while) ident(args) :f(append) noparms input(.notes,io_findunit(),,notefile) :s(display)f(end) display output = notes :s(display) endfile(notes) :(end) append output(.notes,io_findunit(),"A",notefile) :f(end) notes = date() notes = char(9) args end</lang>

Swift

<lang Swift>import Foundation

let args = Process.arguments let manager = NSFileManager() let currentPath = manager.currentDirectoryPath var err:NSError?

// Create file if it doesn't exist if !manager.fileExistsAtPath(currentPath + "/notes.txt") {

   println("notes.txt doesn't exist")
   manager.createFileAtPath(currentPath + "/notes.txt", contents: nil, attributes: nil)

}

// handler is what is used to write to the file let handler = NSFileHandle(forUpdatingAtPath: currentPath + "/notes.txt")

// Print the file if there are no args if args.count == 1 {

   let str = NSString(contentsOfFile: currentPath + "/notes.txt", encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: &err)
   println(str!)
   exit(0)

}

let time = NSDate() let format = NSDateFormatter() let timeData = (format.stringFromDate(time) + "\n").dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false) format.dateFormat = "yyyy.MM.dd 'at' HH:mm:ss zzz"

// We're writing to the end of the file handler?.seekToEndOfFile() handler?.writeData(timeData!)

var str = "\t" for i in 1..<args.count {

   str += args[i] + " "

}

str += "\n"

let strData = str.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false) handler?.writeData(strData!)</lang>

Output:

Example output

2015.01.22 at 14:19:18 EST
	this is a note 
2015.01.22 at 14:19:36 EST
	this is something important 

Tcl

<lang tcl># Make it easier to change the name of the notes file set notefile notes.txt

if {$argc} {

   # Write a message to the file
   set msg [clock format [clock seconds]]\n\t[join $argv " "]
   set f [open $notefile a]
   puts $f $msg
   close $f

} else {

   # Print the contents of the file
   catch {

set f [open $notefile] fcopy $f stdout close $f

   }

}</lang>

Output:

after a few runs

Thu Apr 01 19:28:07 BST 2010
	test 1 two three
Thu Apr 01 19:28:49 BST 2010
	TODO: Submit notes.tcl to Rosetta Code

UNIX Shell

Bash version <lang bash># NOTES=$HOME/notes.txt if $# -eq 0  ; then

 -r  $NOTES  && more $NOTES

else

 date >> $NOTES
 echo "  $*" >> $NOTES

fi</lang>

"Spoiled Bash kid" version <lang bash>N=~/notes.txt;$# -gt 0 && { date ; echo " $*"; exit 0; } >> $N || -r $N && cat $N</lang>


Portable version <lang bash>NOTES=$HOME/notes.txt if test "x$*" = "x" then

       if test -r  $NOTES
       then
               more $NOTES
       fi

else

       date >> $NOTES
       echo "  $*" >> $NOTES

fi</lang>

Visual Basic .NET

<lang vbnet>Imports System.IO

Module Notes

   Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer
       Try
           If cmdArgs.Length = 0 Then
               Using sr As New StreamReader("NOTES.TXT")
                   Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd)
               End Using
           Else
               Using sw As New StreamWriter("NOTES.TXT", True)
                   sw.WriteLine(Date.Now.ToString())
                   sw.WriteLine("{0}{1}", ControlChars.Tab, String.Join(" ", cmdArgs))
               End Using
           End If
       Catch
       End Try
   End Function

End Module</lang>

zkl

File notes.zkl: <lang zkl>const notesName="NOTES.TXT"; args:=vm.arglist; if (not args)

  { try{ File(notesName).read(*).text.print(); } catch{println("no file")} }

else{

  f:=File(notesName,"a+");
  f.writeln(Time.Date.ctime(),"\n\t",args.concat(" "));
  f.close();

}</lang>

Output:
$ zkl notes
no file
$ zkl notes this is a test
$ zkl notes
Tue Apr 8 20:51:16 2014
	this is a test