diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index fed7c6e..cabe5fa 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ -f ".env" ]; then
+	source .env
+fi
+
+if [[ "${DB_FILE}" != "" ]]; then
+	FULL_DATABASE=`realpath "${DB_FILE}"`
+else
+	FULL_DATABASE=`realpath "./draw.sqlite"`
+fi
+
+db () {
+	sqlite3 "${FULL_DATABASE}" "${1}"
+}
+
+dbSetup () {
+	cat "./sql/setup.sql" | sqlite3 "${FULL_DATABASE}"
+}
+
+hashStr () {
+	echo -n "${1}" | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}'
+}
+
+uuid () {
+	uuidgen | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"
+}
+
 askContinue () {
 	echo "${1}"
 	echo "Are you ready to continue? (yes/no)"
@@ -10,4 +36,24 @@ askContinue () {
 	else
 		exit 1
 	fi
+}
+
+log () {
+	read loglines
+	file=$(echo "${loglines}" | grep 'FILE:' | awk -F'FILE:' '{print $2}')
+	drawn=$(echo "${loglines}" | grep 'Length of path drawn' | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}')
+	moved=$(echo "${loglines}" | grep 'Total distance moved' | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}')
+	#echo "${loglines}"
+	echo "$file,$drawn,$moved"
+}
+
+axdraw () {
+	file=$(realpath "${1}")
+	echo "FILE:${file}"
+	if [[ "${PEN}" != "" ]]; then
+		echo "PEN:${PEN}"
+	fi
+	echo "START:$(date '+%s')"
+	ax "${1}"
+	echo "END:$(date '+%s')"
 }
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