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diff --git a/bin/clog.sh b/bin/clog.sh
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+# Record a timestamped message to a logfile, defaulting to ~/.clog
+self=clog
+
+# Ignore arguments
+set --
+
+# If we have rlwrap, quietly use it
+command -v rlwrap >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+    set -- rlwrap --history-filename=/dev/null -C "$self" "$@"
+
+# Write the date, the standard input (rlwrapped if applicable), and two dashes
+# to $CLOG, defaulting to ~/.clog.
+{
+    date
+    "$@" cat -
+    printf '%s\n' --
+} >>"${CLOG:-"$HOME"/.clog}"