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NAME
khard - Console carddav client
SYNOPSIS
khard [-c CONFIG] [--debug] [--skip-unparsable] SUBCOMMAND …
khard -h | --help
khard -v | --version
DESCRIPTION
khard is an address book for the Unix command line. It can read, create, modify and delete carddav
address book entries. khard only works with a local store of VCARD files. It is intended to be used in
conjunction with other programs like an email client, text editor, vdir synchronizer or VOIP client.
OPTIONS
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
configuration file (default: ~/.config/khard/khard.conf)
--debug
output debugging information
-h, --help
show a help message and exit
--skip-unparsable
skip unparsable vcards when reading the address books
-v, --version
show program’s version number and exit
SUBCOMMANDS
The functionality of khard is divided into several subcommands. All of these have their own help text
which can be seen with khard SUBCOMMAND --help.
Many subcommands accept search terms to limit the number of contacts they should work on, display or
present for selection. The syntax is described in Search query syntax.
Listing subcommands
These subcommands list information of several contacts who match a search query.
list list all (selected) contacts
birthdays
list birthdays (sorted by month and day)
email list email addresses
phone list phone numbers
postaddress
list postal addresses
filename
list filenames of all matching contacts
Detailed display
These subcommands display detailed information about one subcommand.
show display detailed information about one contact, supported output formats are “pretty”, “yaml” and
“vcard”
export DEPRECATED, use show --format=yaml instead
Modifying subcommands
These subcommands are used to modify contacts.
edit edit the data of a contact, supported formats for editing are “yaml” and “vcard”
new create a new contact
add-email
Extract email address from the “From:” field of an email header and add to an existing contact or
create a new one
merge merge two contacts
copy copy a contact to a different addressbook
move move a contact to a different addressbook
remove remove a contact
source DEPRECATED, use edit --format=vcard instead
Other subcommands
addressbooks
list all address books
template
print an empty yaml template
SEARCH QUERY SYNTAX
Search queries consist of one or more command line arguments. Each can be a simple search term or a
search term for a specific field. The field name is separated from the search term by a colon (:)
without any spaces.
Spaces in the field name have to be replaced with underscores.
The available fields are the same fields as in the YAML template with the exception of the five name
components (first, last, prefix, suffix, additional). But there is the special pseudo field specifier
name: which will search in any name related field (including nichnames and formatted names).
If a field name is not known the search term is interpreted as a plain search term and the string
(including the colon) is looked up in any field of the contact.
CONFIGURATION
See khard.conf(5).
COPYRIGHT
2021, Eric Scheibler
0.17 Nov 28, 2021 KHARD(1)