Deploy Tool

Deploy Tool v2.0.0 — a utility toolkit for logging, tracking, and managing deployment-related entries from the command line.

Commands

All commands accept optional input arguments. Without arguments, they display recent entries from the corresponding log. With arguments, they record a new timestamped entry.

Data Storage

All data is stored locally in ~/.local/share/deploy-tool/:

• Per-command logs — Each command (run, check, convert, etc.) writes to its own .log file with pipe-delimited timestamp|value format.
• history.log — A unified activity log recording every write operation with timestamps.
• Export formats — The export utility function supports JSON, CSV, and TXT output, written to ~/.local/share/deploy-tool/export.<fmt>.

No external services, databases, or API keys are required. Everything is flat-file and human-readable.

Requirements

• Bash (v4+ recommended)
• No external dependencies — uses only standard Unix utilities (date, wc, du, tail, grep, sed, basename, cat)

When to Use

• When you need to log and track deployment-related activities from the command line
• To maintain a searchable history of deployment operations
• For batch recording of deployment tasks with timestamps
• When you want to export deployment logs in JSON, CSV, or TXT format
• As part of a larger automation pipeline for tracking deployment workflows
• To get quick statistics and summaries of past deployment activities

Examples

# Record a new run entry
deploy-tool run "deployed v1.2.3 to production"

# View recent run entries (no args = show history)
deploy-tool run

# Check something and log it
deploy-tool check "nginx config validated"

# Analyze and record
deploy-tool analyze "memory usage at 72%"

# Search across all logs
deploy-tool search "production"

# View summary statistics
deploy-tool stats

# Show recent activity across all commands
deploy-tool recent

# Show tool version
deploy-tool version

# Show full help
deploy-tool help

How It Works

Each command follows the same pattern:

1. With arguments — Timestamps the input, appends it to the command-specific log file, prints confirmation, and logs to history.log.
2. Without arguments — Shows the last 20 entries from that command's log file.

The stats command iterates all .log files, counts entries per file, and reports totals plus disk usage. The search command performs case-insensitive grep across all log files. The recent command tails the last 20 lines of history.log.

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