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#!/usr/bin/env python3

#import time
#import os
#import sys
from time import asctime
from os import path
from sys import argv,stdin

# add the current local time to the entry header
lines = [ asctime() + '\n' ]

if len( argv ) > 1:
    lines.append( ' '.join( argv[ 1: ] ) )
    lines[-1] += '\n'
else:
    for line in stdin:
        lines.append(line)

# only write the entry if the user entered something
if len( lines ) > 1:
    memoir_path = path.expanduser( '~/.memoir' )

    # prepend a seperator only if the file exists ( there are entries already in there )
    if path.exists( memoir_path ):
        lines.insert( 0, '--------------------\n' )

    with open( memoir_path, 'a' ) as f:
        f.writelines( lines )