change to more appropriate printf

diff --git a/logq b/logq
index b88e35eed47ddbee97ffee2a7211fadcddfa53dd..2ac002635d89be7d2ce15f23c911f85f79543a1d 100755 (executable)
--- a/logq
+++ b/logq
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ $help"
     local file="$*"
     file="$(mktemp -d)/${file//[^[:alnum:]]/}"
 
-    echo "log of $prettycommand" >"$file"
-    date >>"$file"
-    echo >>"$file"
+    printf "%s\n%s\n\n" "log of $prettycommand" "$(date)" >"$file" 
     
     # we will propagate any errors
     local e=$-
@@ -41,10 +39,7 @@ $help"
     local ret=$?
     [[ $e == *e* ]] && set -e
 
-    echo >>"$file"
-    echo "----------------" >>"$file"
-    date >>"$file"
-    echo "end of log" >>"$file"
+    printf "\n%s\n%s\n%s" "----------------" "$(date)" "end of log" >>"$file"
     
     echo -n "\$?=$ret "
     echo -n "$prettycommand"

diff --git a/logq-function b/logq-function
index c2b99f21445e5e45d1079c29cf0df0dff61b1f55..8b930641a8222fba7134e19c148e5592e32c7c4b 100644 (file)
--- a/logq-function
+++ b/logq-function
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ $help"
     local file="$*"
     file="$(mktemp -d)/${file//[^[:alnum:]]/}"
 
-    echo "log of $prettycommand" >"$file"
-    date >>"$file"
-    echo >>"$file"
+    printf "%s\n%s\n\n" "log of $prettycommand" "$(date)" >"$file" 
     
     # we will propagate any errors
     local e=$-
@@ -41,10 +39,7 @@ $help"
     local ret=$?
     [[ $e == *e* ]] && set -e
 
-    echo >>"$file"
-    echo "----------------" >>"$file"
-    date >>"$file"
-    echo "end of log" >>"$file"
+    printf "\n%s\n%s\n%s" "----------------" "$(date)" "end of log" >>"$file"
     
     echo -n "\$?=$ret "
     echo -n "$prettycommand"