buz

This function is intended to go into your bash profile. The buz profile function is used for remembering those one-liners, single commands, or short notes that are helpful to bring up quickly but are easily forgotten when you only need them a few times a year.

buz use

As is here, the function writes a YAML file to my SyncThing directory.With buz, I can type just buz, and the function prints the content of my file, which I could pipe to grep or whatever command I choose. To add more content to my notes, I type:

buz topic and notes about the topic I just typed.

I chose YAML because the syntax allows me to put the topic I am taking notes about at the start of the line and then entries underneath the topic. Within the function, I search to see if the topic already exists; if so, the note is appended under the topic; if it is not found, a new topic and note are created. I end up with a YAML file that looks something like this.

subject1:
 -notes on the subject
 -more notes on the subject
subject2:
 -notes on the subject
 -more notes on the subject
 -as many notes, as you want on the subject 
subject3: 
 -notes on the subject

Remember, this function is for short notes, nothing detailed. Detailed notes go in my more extensive knowledge base, my wiki.