Tiny To-Do list

[PDP-8]

I keep track of my non mission-critical todo lists without even using a dedicated app.  Not even a text editor.  Just simple file-management.

What I do is touch zero-byte files and use those names as Todo titles.

Create a todo directory right off your home directory and cd into it

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mkdir todo
cd todo
Add a todo by touching a file:

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touch fish
To see your list do either the long way (ls -l) or use the LL alias:

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ls -l
or
ll
But fish isn't descriptive enough.  Let's use underscores instead, and edit the existing one using the mv command.

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mv fish feed_the_fish
Or, one can use quotes to cut down on keystrokes for long ones:

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touch "feed my neighbors goldfish and other pets"
Use ll to list.

Add another todo that something important:

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touch Pay_taxes
Some todo's that I finish, I may not want to delete immediately and keep them around for awhile so I don't do them again.  In many gui apps, a checkbox is used.

For me, I just rename the existing todo and prepend it with a capital X:

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mv Pay_taxes X_Pay_taxes
And to catch your attention even further, if you have a colorized-capable terminal, do something to the file to make it stand out in color.  One that works for me and stand out in green is:

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chmod +x ./Pay_taxes
Seen when I do an ll to list my todos.

I know - kind of silly.  But it works.  Kind of fun not using a dedicated application or text editor.  Just a goofy sense of fun with file-management commands you already know.

On a more serious note, instead of keeping todo's it demonstrates a way to add simple notes to any directory without having to use a read-me file aka:

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touch Experimental_files_do_not_modify
Or something like that.  Use your imagination.

[PDP-8]

I guess for convenience I can call up my todo list at any time ...

Just made a file named "todo" which contained a single line

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ls -l /home/tc/todo
and put that into the ~/.local/bin
directory, which is in the default path.  Make it executable of course with

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chmod +x todo
Bingo - I can type todo at any time and see my list in the todo directory now easily.

I'm easily amused.