NK2EXPORT(1)

🌸 nk2export — the LOCAL manual page, section 1, bestie 💅

okay so real talk, this is nk2export() from the LOCAL manual, and it's lowkey one of those tiny tools that just does its job. Let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

nk2export — exports items stored in a Nickfile (NK2) 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nk2export [-c codepage] [-l logfile] [-t target] [-hqvV] source

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one source, a handful of flags, go off 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

nk2export is a utility to export items stored in a Nickfile (NK2). no cap, that's literally what it does 🫶

it's part of the libnk2 package — and libnk2 is a library to access the Nickfile (NK2) format. so like, nk2export is the friendly lil front door to a whole library, iconic behavior honestly 🌈

source is the source file. the one you're exporting from. yes, that one 💜

The options are as follows:

• -c codepage — specify the codepage of ASCII strings. the options are: ascii, windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-1258. yes bestie, that's a lot of codepages, pick your fighter 😭
• -h — shows this help. the classic. the icon 🎀
• -l logfile — specify the file in which to log information about the exported items. receipts, but written down 📝
• -q — quiet. shows minimal status information. for when you want the tea without the whole kettle 🍓
• -t target — specify the target directory to export to. the default is the source filename followed by .export — so she names the folder herself, main character energy 👑
• -v — verbose output to stderr. she tells you everything 🗣️
• -V — print version. proof she's real 💅

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

None. nothing. empty. she needs no environment variables, she's self-sufficient ✨

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🌸 FILES 🌸

None. also nothing. zero files configured, zero drama 🙈

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

# nk2export Outlook.NK2
nk2export 20110704

Opening file.
Exporting aliases.
Processing alias 1 out of 1.
      ...
Exporting alias 4 out of 4.
Export completed.

see how she counts them? "Processing alias 1 out of 1" then a cute lil ... then suddenly "Exporting alias 4 out of 4". she keeps you posted the entire time, attentive queen 🫶

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💀 DIAGNOSTICS 💀

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. important caveat bestie: verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation. so if you're not seeing it, that's why — it's not a you problem, it's a build-time thing 😌

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🐛 BUGS 🐛

Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libnk2/

found a bug? don't gatekeep, report it 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz. thank you for your service 🫡

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💅 COPYRIGHT 💅

Copyright (C) 2009-2024, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

like, NO warranty. none. zero. not even the implied one. read that twice, bestie ⚠️

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

nk2info(1) — go hang out with her sister tool

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and that's the whole page, slay ✨ this was libnk2, dated April 20, 2019 — the version info and date, right here in the sign-off, because we don't copy footers in this house, we mention them 🎀💖🦋