Dream Interpreter

Multi-purpose utility tool for running tasks, managing configuration, tracking entries, searching data, and exporting results. A lightweight CLI for organizing and retrieving structured data from the command line.

Commands

Data Storage

All data is stored in ~/.local/share/dream-interpreter/ (override with $DREAM_INTERPRETER_DIR or $XDG_DATA_HOME):

• Data log — data.log (main entry store, one line per entry with date prefix)
• Activity history — history.log (unified timeline of all command invocations)
• Config — config.json (referenced by the config command)

Data format for data.log: each entry is stored as YYYY-MM-DD <value>, space-delimited. History entries use MM-DD HH:MM <command>: <value>.

Requirements

• Bash 4+ with set -euo pipefail
• Standard POSIX utilities (date, grep, cat, echo)
• No external dependencies or API keys required

When to Use

1. Quick data journaling — add timestamped entries from the command line without opening an editor or app
2. Searching past entries — find specific notes or records with case-insensitive search across the full log
3. Lightweight task tracking — use add and list as a minimal to-do or event log
4. Data export for analysis — dump the full log to stdout and pipe to other tools (grep, awk, jq)
5. Bootstrapping a new environment — run init to set up the data directory, then config to verify paths

Examples

# Initialize the data directory
dream-interpreter init

# Add a new entry
dream-interpreter add "Completed server migration to new host"

# Add another entry
dream-interpreter add "Updated SSL certificates for api.example.com"

# List all entries
dream-interpreter list

# Search for entries containing "server"
dream-interpreter search server

# Check current status
dream-interpreter status

# Show version and data path
dream-interpreter info

# Export all data to a file
dream-interpreter export > backup.txt

# Show configuration
dream-interpreter config

# Run the main function
dream-interpreter run "daily-check"

Output

All command output goes to stdout. Redirect to a file if needed:

dream-interpreter list > entries.txt
dream-interpreter export > full-backup.txt

The search command uses case-insensitive matching and prints matching lines or "Not found" if no results.

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