debian man page for abook

Query: abook

OS: debian

Section: 1

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

ABOOK(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ABOOK(1)

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> 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. --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 The following outputformats are supported: - abook abook native format - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld) - mutt mutt alias - html html document - pine pine addressbook - gcrd GnomeCard (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 --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@whirlnet.co.uk>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). abook was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net> 2006-09-06 ABOOK(1)
Related Man Pages
rpload(1) - redhat
notmuch-mutt(1) - debian
urlscan(1) - debian
evolution-addressbook-import(1) - sunos
evolution-addressbook-export(1) - sunos
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
add comma
How to format file into comma separated text file?
Need to get return code from mutt if an address is invalid/undeliverable from Unix shell script
Linux book
Need Help - comma inside double quote in comma separated csv,