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       This manual page documents briefly the abook program.  This manual page
13       was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the  original
14       program does not have a manual page.
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16       abook  is  a  text-based address book program. It contains Name, Email,
17       Address and various Phone fields. It is designed for use with mutt, but
18       can be equally useful on its own.
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OPTIONS

21       -h --help
22              Show usage.
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24       -C --config <filename>
25              Use    an    alternative    configuration   file   (default   is
26              $HOME/.abook/abookrc).
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28       --datafile <filename>
29              Use   an    alternative    addressbook    file    (default    is
30              $HOME/.abook/addressbook).
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32       --mutt-query <string>
33              Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for <string>).
34              The  --datafile  option, as documented above, may be used BEFORE
35              this option to search a different addressbook file.
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37       --convert [ --informat <inputformat>  ]  [  --infile  <inputfile>  ]  [
38       --outformat <outputformat> ] [ --outfile <outputfile> ]
39              Converts   <inputfile>   in  <inputformat>  to  <outputfile>  in
40              <outputformat> (defaults are abook, stdin, text and stdout).
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42              The following inputformats are supported:
43              - abook abook native format
44              - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook
45              - mutt mutt alias
46              - pine pine addressbook
47              - csv comma separated values
48              - palmcsv Palm comma separated values
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50              The following outputformats are supported:
51              - abook abook native format
52              - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
53              - mutt mutt alias
54              - html html document
55              - pine pine addressbook
56              - gcrd GnomeCard (VCard) addressbook
57              - csv comma separated values
58              - palmcsv Palm comma separated values
59              - elm elm alias
60              - text plain text
61              - spruce Spruce address book
62              - wl Wanderlust address book
63              - bsdcal BSD calendar
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65       --add-email
66              Read an e-mail message from stdin and  add  the  sender  to  the
67              addressbook.
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69       --add-email-quiet
70              Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.
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72       --formats
73              List available formats.
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COMMANDS DURING USE

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

80       mutt(1), abookrc(5)
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AUTHOR

83       This  manual  page  was written by Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>, for
84       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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86       abook was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net>
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