Tells when to leave work.

wtl [-c <config>] [<time=HH:MM>]
wtl -h <hours> [<time=HH:MM>]

To install wtl to /usr/local/bin simply invoke make:

$ make && make install

When invoked without arguments, wtl tries to load the default configuration from the home directory and sets <time> to the current time if not already configured for today.

• -c <config>: Uses the working hours configuration <config>, defaults to ~/.wtl
• -h: Defines how many hours should be added to <time>

The configuration file is used to set working hours for different days of the week. There must be only one key=value per line. Consecutive configurations overwrite previous ones.

The following configuration keys are available:

• all days: **
• all working days (mon - fri): *
• individual days: sun, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, and sat

Furthermore, the following keys will be written by wtl and should not be manually set:

• initial starting time: started
• day of the week: wday

Example Configuration

Suppose, you need to work 37.5 hrs per week, take a 50 min lunch break and want to spend less time at the office on fridays, you could use something like this:

*=8:50
fri=6:20

Using with default configuration

$ date "+%H:%M"
08:27
$ wtl # Use the current time
You need to work until 17:17
Started: 08:27
$ # ...
$ date "+%H:%M"
11:53
$ wtl # Any subsequent calls use the configured time
You need to work until 17:17
Started: 08:27

Explicit hours configuration

$ wtl -h 8:50 09:00 | grep until | cut -d" " -f6 # 8:50 hrs working time
17:50

Custom configuration file

$ date "+%H:%M"
08:11
$ wtl -c ./my-working-hours
You need to work until 14:41
Started: 08:11