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Task/Take-notes-on-the-command-line/AWK/take-notes-on-the-command-line.awk

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+# syntax: GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK [notes ... ]
+# examples:
+#   GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK Hello world
+#   GAWK -f TAKE_NOTES.AWK A "B C" D
+#   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
+}