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ABOOK

NAME

abook − text−based address book program

SYNOPSIS

abook [ OPTION ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the abook program. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

abook is a text-based address book program. It contains Name, Email, Address and various Phone fields. It is designed for use with mutt, but can be equally useful on its own.

OPTIONS

−h −−help

Show usage.

−C −−config <filename>

Use an alternative configuration file (default is $HOME/.abook/abookrc).

−−datafile <filename>

Use an alternative addressbook file (default is $HOME/.abook/addressbook).

−−mutt−query <string> [ −−outformat <outputformat> ]

Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for <string>).
The −−datafile option, as documented above, may be used BEFORE this option to search a different addressbook file.
Only a subset of the below <outputformat> are allowed: mutt (default), vcard and custom

−−convert [ −−informat <inputformat> ] [ −−infile <inputfile> ] [
−−outformat
<outputformat> ] [ −−outfile <outputfile> ]

Converts <inputfile> in <inputformat> to <outputfile> in <outputformat> (defaults are abook, stdin, text and stdout).

The following inputformats are supported:
abook abook native format
ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook
mutt mutt alias
pine pine addressbook
csv comma separated values
palmcsv Palm comma separated values
vcard VCard addressbook

The following outputformats are supported:
abook abook native format
ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
mutt mutt alias
html html document
pine pine addressbook
vcard VCard addressbook
csv comma separated values
palmcsv Palm comma separated values
elm elm alias
text plain text
spruce Spruce address book
wl Wanderlust address book
bsdcal BSD calendar
custom Custom output format, see below

−−outformatstr <string>

Only used if −−mutt−query or −−convert is specified and −−outformat=custom. <string> is a format string allowing placeholders.
A placeholder can be any of the standard fields names (see abookrc(5)) and must be encapsulated by curly brackets.
The default value is "{nick} ({name}): {mobile}"
If <string> starts with ! only entries whose all fields from <string> are non−NULL are included.

−−add−email

Read an e−mail message from stdin and add the sender to the addressbook.

−−add−email−quiet

Same as −−add−email but doesn’t confirm adding.

−−formats

List available formats.

COMMANDS DURING USE

Press ’?’ during use to get a list of commands.

SEE ALSO

mutt(1), abookrc(5)

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Alan Ford <alan AT whirlnet DOT co DOT uk>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

abook was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>

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