do not use some vars on timeago

script.py

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-    time_ag_arg = int(sys.argv[1])
+    time_ago_arg = int(sys.argv[1])
+    print(f"Going back in time by {time_ago_arg} days")
 else:
-    time_ag_arg = False
+    time_ago_arg = False
 
 #create the log directory
 path = "/home/xpub/www/html/tl-dr/log-books"
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ now = datetime.today()
 book_name = "TL;DR_" + now.strftime("%B %dth %Y")
 
 def get_journalctl_on():
-    if time_ag_arg:
-        return ["-S", f"{time_ag_arg + 1} days ago", "-U",  f"{time_ag_arg} days ago"]    
+    if time_ago_arg:
+        return ["-S", f"{time_ago_arg + 1} days ago", "-U",  f"{time_ago_arg} days ago"]    
     else:
         return ["-S","today"]
 
@@ -45,33 +46,32 @@ def run_command(command, based = False):
 # Run all the commands for getting the logs, and assign to variables
 print("start running the log commands");
 
-
-# journalctl --utc
-last_user_added = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl","_COMM=useradd","-r","-n", "1" , "--output-fields=MESSAGE"], capture_output=True)
-last_user_added_name = run_command(['grep', '-Po', "(?<=name)\W*\K[^ ]*"], based=last_user_added.stdout)
-users_created_today = run_command(["sudo", "journalctl","_COMM=useradd","-r"] + get_journalctl_on()).splitlines()
-
+# These vars cannot go back in time
+if not time_ago_arg:
     since_last_boot = run_command(["uptime","-s"])
     slb_date = datetime.strptime(since_last_boot, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
     time_since_last_boot = now - slb_date
+    device_info_grab = subprocess.run(["grep", 'Model' , "/proc/cpuinfo"], check=True, capture_output=True)
+    device_info = run_command(['awk', '-F:', '{ print $2}'], based=device_info_grab.stdout)
+    ip_address_show = subprocess.run(["ip", "addr", "show", "end0"], check=True, capture_output=True)
+    ip_address = run_command(['awk', '$1 == "inet" {gsub(/\/.*$/, "", $2); print $2}' ], based=ip_address_show.stdout)
+    
+
 
 dpkg_date = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 
 list_package_installs = subprocess.run(["grep","-E", dpkg_date + '.*install|install.*' + dpkg_date, "/var/log/dpkg.log"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8').splitlines()
-
 list_package_upgrade = subprocess.run(["grep","-E", dpkg_date + '.*upgrade|upgrade.*' + dpkg_date, "/var/log/dpkg.log"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8').splitlines()
-
 list_package_remove = subprocess.run(["grep","-E", dpkg_date + '.*remove|remove.*' + dpkg_date, "/var/log/dpkg.log"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8').splitlines()
 
-device_info_grab = subprocess.run(["grep", 'Model' , "/proc/cpuinfo"], check=True, capture_output=True)
-device_info = run_command(['awk', '-F:', '{ print $2}'], based=device_info_grab.stdout)
-
-ip_address_show = subprocess.run(["ip", "addr", "show", "end0"], check=True, capture_output=True)
-ip_address = run_command(['awk', '$1 == "inet" {gsub(/\/.*$/, "", $2); print $2}' ], based=ip_address_show.stdout)
-
 print("start running the service commands, this sometimes takes longer");
 logins_today_log = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl","_COMM=systemd-logind", "-S", "today", "-g", "New session"  ], check=True, capture_output=True)
 
+# journalctl --utc
+last_user_added = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl","_COMM=useradd","-r","-n", "1" , "--output-fields=MESSAGE"], capture_output=True)
+last_user_added_name = run_command(['grep', '-Po', "(?<=name)\W*\K[^ ]*"], based=last_user_added.stdout)
+users_created_today = run_command(["sudo", "journalctl","_COMM=useradd","-r"] + get_journalctl_on()).splitlines()
+
 
 # TODO: merge into one command and then grep the various _COMM\s, wrap in a function
 groupadd_today_log = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl", "-S","today","_COMM=groupadd","-r"], check=True, capture_output=True)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ output = template.render(
 
 print("Output the files");
 # Export the html as book.html, which is used as an input for pandoc
-with open(f"/home/xpub/www/html/tl-dr/book_${time_ag_arg}.html", "w") as f:
+with open(f"/home/xpub/www/html/tl-dr/book_{time_ago_arg}.html", "w") as f:
     print(output, file=f)
     # subprocess.run(['sh', '/home/xpub/www/html/tl-dr/create_book.sh', book_name])
     print("Finished");