NAME

       nodau - simple console notetaking program

SYNOPSIS

       nodau <OPTION> [DATA]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the nodau command.

       nodau is a simple console notetaking program.

   OPTIONS:
       help   print this message

       list [SEARCH]
              list notes, accepts optional search term

       new <NAME>
              create new note, <NAME> must be unique

       encrypt <NAME>
              encrypt a new or existing note

       decrypt <NAME>
              decrypt an existing note

       edit <NAME>
              open an existing note for editing

       append <NAME>
              when piping data from stdin, append it to any existing data instead of overwritting

       show <NAME>
              display an existing note

       del <SEARCH>
              delete a note/notes, accepts name or search term

   SEARCH TERM:
              search terms with spaces do not need to be inside "quotes"
              <NAME>          name of a note, list will search for names similar to the term, del
              will delete only an exact match
              t@<DATESTRING>  matches notes created at a given date/time
              t-<DATESTRING>  matches notes created before a given date/time
              t+<DATESTRING>  matches notes created after a given date/time

   DATE STRING:
              <DATESTRING> can be made of any typical date format such as:
              dd/mm/yy
              dd, mm, yyyy hh:mm

   EDITING:
              By default nodau will use the EDITOR environment variable  to  edit  notes,  simply
              edit the file as usual, nodau will save the note to it's database when you exit the
              editor. If EDITOR is not set the nodau builtin editor will be used.
              Use of the builtin editor can be forced by setting `force_builtin_editor = true' in
              the  nodau  config  file.  Alternatively, the external_editor config setting can be
              set to use a specific editor regardless of the EDITOR environment  variable  value.
              `force_builtin_editor  =  true'  takes  precedence  over EDITOR and external_editor
              settings.
              The builtin editor accepts standard printable  characters,  enter,  and  backspace.
              There is no support for moving the cursor with the arrow keys or mouse. To exit the
              editor and save the note, create a new line with only a dot (.)  on  it,  or  press
              escape.

   ENCRYPTION:
              Encrypting a note will apply DES encryption to the note using a passphrase which is
              requested from the user during the process.  The passphrase  is  then  required  to
              decrypt,  edit,  or read the note. Decrypting a note will restore the note as plain
              text, and the passphrase will no longer be required for access.

   CONFIGURATION FILE:
              The nodau config file is  located  at  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nodau/nodau.conf  which  is
              typically ~/.config/nodau/nodau.conf.

              The following config settings are currently in use:

              SETTING                    VALUES                DEFAULT
              external_editor            name of a text editor executable (vim, nano,etc).
              force_builtin_editor       true or false         false
              import_old_db              true or false         true
              edit_autocreate            true of false         true

              If  import_old_db  value is true or not set, nodau will import notes from the 0.2.x
              database to the 0.3.x database.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was modified by Lisa Milne <lisa@ltmnet.com> from an original written  by
       Salvatore  Bonaccorso  <carnil@debian.org>  for  the  Debian  system  (but  may be used by
       others).

                                            April 2012                                   NODAU(1)