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| author |  An Ko | 2016-02-16 00:01:05 +0000 |
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| committer | An Ko | 2016-02-16 00:01:05 +0000 |
| commit | 5f73713f5bc7a9081054bfc2a6c9b36f766498af (patch) | |
| tree | 632923aaf45cf5af22918cc2d35ce31515b5bbca /readme.markdown | |
| parent | 09f581eb3c07945254df69a0060692317795b9c0 (diff) | |
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Remove "-time": instead recommend an external tool
Undoing my unnecessary feature creep.
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diff --git a/readme.markdown b/readme.markdown index 0d167c4..81471e1 100644 --- a/readme.markdown +++ b/readme.markdown @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Flags you can pass (all optional): - `-delay <nanosec>`: delay between polls to the keyboard (default `10000000`; that's 100ms) - `-up`: also prepend key-ups (default: don't) - - `-time`: also append epoch timestamps (default: don't) - `-help`: print usage hints and exit Then just type as you would usually. Interrupt signal (`C-c`) to end. @@ -55,12 +54,17 @@ If you like spying on people (ethically, of course), [`xspy`][1] or [`logkeys`][2] might be better for you. They use the modifier keys to infer what was actually typed, so it's easier to read what's happening. +If you want to add timestamps to each line for logging purposes, I recommend +piping to the [moreutils package][3]'s `ts`. [These answers][4] feature +various other tools good for the purpose. + ## License -[ISC][3]. +[ISC][5]. [1]: http://www.freshports.org/security/xspy/ [2]: http://code.google.com/p/logkeys/ -[3]: http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC -[Chi]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi's_Sweet_Home +[3]: http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/ +[4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21564/is-there-a-unix-utility-to-prepend-timestamps-to-lines-of-text +[5]: http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC |