viewjrnl

Shell script to group jrnl entries by date and add color.

The default output from jrnl is pretty plain. viewjrnl is a nicer way to read entries from jrnl at the command line. Here it is in action:

As seen in the screenshot, the features of viewjrnl include:

• Grouping entries by date, to see where one day ends and another starts.
• 12-hour timestamps, which are what I'm more used to reading.
• Colorized output, so it's pleasant to look at.

For comparison, this is what the plain jrnl output looks like:

Install

viewjrnl depends on jq version 1.6 or higher. At the time of writing, you'll have to install the release candidate to use version 1.6. On macOS:

# If you already have jq < 1.6:
brew reinstall --devel jq

# Otherwise, to install it for the first time:
brew install --devel jq

After that, viewjrnl is just a single shell script. You can download it and put it on your path anywhere. Alternatively, on macOS:

brew install jez/formulae/viewjrnl

Usage

viewjrnl accepts any arguments you give it and passes them on to jrnl. Alternatively, omit arguments to view your jrnl for today. Examples:

# See jrnl for just today
viewjrnl

# See jrnl for last week
viewjrnl -from 'last week'

# See last 10 jrnl entries
viewjrnl -n 10

# See all jrnl entries tagged @important:
viewjrnl @important

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