From 870c9f51bee45e973d2c2cb4f8a9eec906d44bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Fred T. Hamster" <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:26:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added timestamper function

---
 scripts/core/functions.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index b39a9d30..6cf06bef 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     if [ -z "$sep" ]; then sep='_'; fi
     date +"%Y$sep%m$sep%d$sep%H%M$sep%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
   }
+
+  # a slightly different but also handy time and date function.  this is
+  # intended for prefixing on log lines, so that each line has the time it
+  # occurred as the first element.
+  function timestamper() {
+    date +"[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S] " | tr -d '/\n/'
+  }
   
   # a wrapper for the which command that finds items on the path.  some OSes
   # do not provide which, so we want to not be spewing errors when that
-- 
2.34.1