X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=log-quiet;a=blobdiff_plain;f=logq-function;h=afe722fbbeab25b79787fa918f08c2732768ddd5;hp=c2b99f21445e5e45d1079c29cf0df0dff61b1f55;hb=b9e35010945b3c40b5f1cc485e575ee5a41c3ad2;hpb=704248ca7f3cb8208aad63453f9bae5c613fdc10

diff --git a/logq-function b/logq-function
index c2b99f2..afe722f 100644
--- a/logq-function
+++ b/logq-function
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ alphanumeric characters of COMMAND + ARGs."
 $help"
 	return 1
     fi
-    
+
     local index=0
     local x prettycommand
     for x in "$@"; do
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ $help"
         index=$(( index+1 ))
     done
 
-    
+
     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)" >"$file"
+
     # we will propagate any errors
     local e=$-
     [[ $e == *e* ]] && set +e
@@ -41,13 +39,10 @@ $help"
     local ret=$?
     [[ $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"
     echo "[log] $file"
     return $ret
-} 
+}