> On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 08:39:35PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > I want to time a sequence of events over about five minutes, > > pressing a keyboard key and adding a timestamp to a file.
On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 09:14:07PM -0800, Paul Mullen wrote: > You could do it with a short bash script. Something like: > > while read -n 1 -s in; do > echo "$(date)" | tee -a log.txt > done Works like a champ, now living in a ~bin shell script named "keytime". Shell wins, though Michael Rasmussen's Perl script will come in handy on a brandM machine with Perl but not shell. Thank you, gentlemen. The purpose, BTW, is to practice my timing and trim the wording for a "ignite"-like presentation. Ignite presentations are 20 slides at a 15 second clip for a total of 5 minutes - I am attempting a complex topic in 8 slides in 2 minutes, to see if it can be done. Every syllable and slide pixel must pull its weight. Practice and redesign tonight, no PLUG meeting, though Michael Dexter's topic is super-relevant. Take good notes for me! Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
