1ABOOK(1)                    General Commands Manual                   ABOOK(1)
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NAME

6       abook - text-based address book program
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SYNOPSIS

9       abook [ OPTION ]
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DESCRIPTION

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

17       -h --help
18              Show usage.
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20       -C --config <filename>
21              Use    an    alternative    configuration   file   (default   is
22              $HOME/.abook/abookrc).
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24       -f --datafile <filename>
25              Use   an    alternative    addressbook    file    (default    is
26              $HOME/.abook/addressbook).
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28       --mutt-query <string> [ --outformat <outputformat> ]
29              Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for <string>).
30              The  --datafile  option, as documented above, may be used BEFORE
31              this option to search a different addressbook file.
32              Only a subset of the  below  <outputformat>  are  allowed:  mutt
33              (default), vcard and custom
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35       --convert  [  --informat  <inputformat>  ]  [  --infile <inputfile> ] [
36       --outformat <outputformat> ] [ --outfile <outputfile> ]
37              Converts  <inputfile>  in  <inputformat>  to   <outputfile>   in
38              <outputformat> (defaults are abook, stdin, text and stdout).
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40              The following inputformats are supported:
41              - abook abook native format
42              - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook
43              - mutt mutt alias
44              - pine pine addressbook
45              - csv comma separated values
46              - palmcsv Palm comma separated values
47              - vcard VCard addressbook
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49              The following outputformats are supported:
50              - abook abook native format
51              - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
52              - mutt mutt alias
53              - html html document
54              - pine pine addressbook
55              - vcard VCard addressbook
56              - csv comma separated values
57              - palmcsv Palm comma separated values
58              - elm elm alias
59              - text plain text
60              - spruce Spruce address book
61              - wl Wanderlust address book
62              - bsdcal BSD calendar
63              - custom Custom output format, see below
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65       --outformatstr <string>
66              Only   used  if  --mutt-query  or  --convert  is  specified  and
67              --outformat=custom.  <string>  is  a  format   string   allowing
68              placeholders.
69              A  placeholder  can  be  any  of  the standard fields names (see
70              abookrc(5)) and must be encapsulated by curly brackets.
71              The default value is "{nick} ({name}): {mobile}"
72              If <string> starts with ! only entries  whose  all  fields  from
73              <string> are non-NULL are included.
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75       --add-email
76              Read  an  e-mail  message  from  stdin and add the sender to the
77              addressbook.
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79       --add-email-quiet
80              Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.
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82       --formats
83              List available formats.
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COMMANDS DURING USE

87       Press '?' during use to get a list of commands.
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SEE ALSO

90       mutt(1), abookrc(5)
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AUTHOR

93       This manual page was written by Alan  Ford  <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>,  for
94       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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96       abook was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net>
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100                                  2006-09-06                          ABOOK(1)