Clockd provides a simple, easy to use command-line interface for measuring the time you spend on a project.
For all of you out there who hate to use GUI applications, this is just the tool for you. Never again will you have to click a button to start a timer, or manually add up a bunch of numbers to figure out how much your next paycheck will be. With clockd, just clock-in, clock-out, and sum up your time, all with a few simple Terminal commands.
Clockd tracks your total time working on a project, but also records individual "sessions" of work. To begin a working session on any project, use the start sub-command:
$ clockd start "My Project"
Working on "My Project"
beginning at Sun, 21 Aug 11 21:49:19 -0400
duration: 0:00:00:00
Then, check on your current work status with clockd status
$ clockd status
Working on "My Project"
beginning at Sun, 21 Aug 11 21:49:19 -0400
duration: 0:00:30:00
Once you are finished working for the day, just clock-out using clockd stop.
$ clockd stop
Worked on "My Project" for 0:03:34:12.
Of course, it's always nice to have your computer do math for you. That's why you can use the clockd summary command to check out your total hours on all of your projects:
$ clockd summary
Worked on My Project for 0:04:23:44.
Worked on TV for 0:00:30:39.
Worked on SuperLists for 0:02:57:40.
Clockd requires that you have the PHP Command Line Interface installed somewhere in your ${PATH}. This is already the case for most versions Linux and Mac OS X. With this requirement met, simply copy the clockd script to a directory in your path (possibly /usr/local/bin) and enjoy!
sudo cp ./clockd /usr/local/bin/
sudo chown root /usr/local/bin/clockd
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/clockd