Mimic Drafts' "Append to Dropbox" using Alfred

[subsmile]

I'm just getting started with Alfred and scripting so please bear with me!

 

The creator of Drafts has made an Alfred script to append to a file in Dropbox. I'm trying to figure out how to change the timestamp to the 24 hour format. I'd be very grateful if anyone would be kind enough to assist or point me in the right direction. 

 

Many thanks!

 

EDIT: Apologies, I've just realised I've posted this in the wrong section...

 

Here is the current script:

 

 

# grab input text

s = "{query}"

 

# create insert value in template with timestamp

tmp = "#{Time.now.strftime('%m-%d-%Y %I:%M %p')}\n#{s}"

 

# path to file you wish to append...

# folder path must exist, file will be created if it doesn't

f = File.expand_path("~/Dropbox/Journal.txt")

 

# open file in append mode and add the string

open(f, 'a') do |f|

f.puts tmp

f.puts "\n"

end

Edited April 10, 2013 by subsmile

[_mk_]

Should be

 

tmp = "#{Time.now.strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M')}\n#{s}"

[ericlundstedt]

any suggestions for how to make this a prepend at the beginning of the file, rather than append at end of the file?  tried the google but got hopelessly lost in ruby documentation...

 

thanks in advance.

 

e.

[ericlundstedt]

found a way to do this.  thanks to Osta for his workflow!

 

http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/2175-quick-jot-workflow-collect-timestamped-stacking-jots-in-a-single-text-file/

[jacg]

Hi. I've downloaded a "prepend to Dropbox" workflow and modified the start of the script to point to my text file.

 

Please can someone tell me how to modify the script to add a line break in my text file after my note?

 

Thanks!

 

 

f=~/Dropbox/Apps/Text/Note.txt

t=`mktemp /tmp/alfred_prepend.XXXXXXXX`

q={query}

 

cat - $f <<< $q > $t

mv $t $f

rm $t

[jbthree]

Is there a way to prepend in Ruby like the original script?

[ayn]

Hi there, I wrote the prepend workflow, to add a newline, just change it to something like:

f=~/Dropbox/Notes/memo.txt
t=`mktemp /tmp/alfred_prepend.XXXXXXXX`
q=$'{query}\n'

cat - $f <<< "$q" > $t
mv $t $f
rm $t

Hi. I've downloaded a "prepend to Dropbox" workflow and modified the start of the script to point to my text file.

 

Please can someone tell me how to modify the script to add a line break in my text file after my note?

 

Thanks!

 

 

f=~/Dropbox/Apps/Text/Note.txt

t=`mktemp /tmp/alfred_prepend.XXXXXXXX`

q={query}

 

cat - $f <<< $q > $t

mv $t $f

rm $t

[Dellu]

thank you guys!

very helpful script