Bournal is a bash script that allows you to keep a personal, minimalistic, password-protected journal, log, or diary. It includes encryption, regexp searches, and a date-sorted list for editing old entries. Since Bournal is pure bash, it should be easily editable for the CLI-savvy.
| Tags | Text Processing Utilities Office/Business News/Diary |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unix |
| Implementation | Unix Shell bash |
Recent releases


Changes: The code was cleaned up for improved performance of fresh installations. An icon was added. A desktop shortcut was added.


Changes: The date lists for editing and deleting entries now show the number of entries made per day. A minor error output bug was fixed.


Changes: Code was cleaned up. The buggy search function in interactive-mode was rewritten.


Changes: The code was cleaned up. Support was added for using spaces at the beginning of passwords. The help output and man page were updated to reflect changes made to the options. A check for Vim backup files was added.


Changes: A new flag was added to list entries for the current day. Month and year filters were added to the delete function. Various minor bugs were fixed. The migration script was removed. Install and uninstall scripts were added.
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Recent commentsBeen using it since 0.4 (with a bit of tweaking to enable readline), nice to see new updates.
Definitely the most robust no-nonsense mind-backup thing I've seen. Thanks.