ADTOOL(1)

📦 version 0.5.0, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ ADTOOL(1) — General Commands Manual 🎀

okay bestie, let's get into adtool 💖 it's the command-line utility for the Addresses framework, and it's literally how you manipulate your address book from the terminal. no cap, it's iconic 💅

🌸 NAME

ADTOOL - Command-line utility for the Addresses framework 🦋

🧚 SYNOPSIS

adtool [options] command [parameters]

💜 DESCRIPTION

okay so adtool is a command-line utility for the Addresses framework, and its whole job is manipulating the address book. main character energy ✨

🎀 OPTIONS

  • -l — turn on localization of property names 🌈
  • -h — turn off printing of header 🙈

👑 PERSON MANAGEMENT COMMANDS

  • people — show all people (ID and name) 💖
  • showperson {PERSONID|me} — show a person's complete record 🫶
  • setme PERSONID — mark the given person as the 'me' record 💅
  • exportimage PERSONID FILENAME — export a person's image 🦋
  • importimage PERSONID FILENAME — export a person's image 😭
bestie, heads up: the original page says importimage is "export a person's image" too. that's a copy-paste slip in the manual, so don't be confused if it sounds backwards 💀

🔥 GROUP MANAGEMENT COMMANDS

  • groups — show toplevel groups 🌸
  • members GROUPID — display the members of the given group ✨
  • addmember GROUPID PERSONID — add a person to a group 🧚
  • delmember GROUPID PERSONID — remove a person from a group 🍓
  • subgroups SUPERGROUPID — show a group's subgroups 🌈
  • addgroup [SUPERGROUPID] NAME — add a group to toplevel or the given supergroup 💜
  • delgroup [SUPERGROUPID] GROUPID — remove a group from toplevel or the given supergroup 💀
  • parentgroups {GROUPID|PERSONID} — show a record's parent group(s) 🫶

🌈 GENERAL COMMANDS

  • tree — show a tree view of all members and groups 🎀
  • config — show the current address book configuration 💅
  • import FILE [FILE ...] — merge file(s) with the database. supported file types: vcf, mfaddr 🦋

🫶 SEE ALSO

💅 AUTHOR

addresses for GNUstep was written by Bjoern Giesler 👑

this manual page was written by Hubert Chan for the Debian project (but may be used by others) 🧚

bestie that's the whole tea 🫶 this page came from the September 8, 2024 edition of the ADTOOL(1) manual, so you know it's fresh enough to slay 💖🌸

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