man(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is man(1), the manual for the Profanity XMPP client 🫢 and today we're hyperfixating on one single command: /export β€” literally the Profanity /export command πŸ’…


🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

bestie. listen. you know how you have like a million contacts in Profanity and you're lowkey scared of losing them?? /export is your girl πŸ’– she exports contacts to a csv file. that's it. that's the whole vibe. csv, contacts, done. iconic behavior fr fr ✨


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

/export <filepath>

πŸ’… ARGUMENTS πŸ’…

  • <filepath> β€” the path to the output file. like, where do you want this csv to live?? you tell her. she doesn't guess. main character energy only πŸ‘‘

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

drop it into a specific spot, no thoughts head empty:

/export /path/to/output.csv

or keep it cozy in your home directory, which is honestly so valid πŸ“:

/export ~/contacts.csv

ngl there is no options list, no environment variables, no exit statuses, no signals, no bugs section, no SEE ALSO, no author, no copyright, no license. this page is short and she knows it. /export <filepath>, csv goes out, we move on πŸ’€

k byeeeee πŸ¦‹ this was version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08, and yes she's still serving Profanity XMPP client in section 1, periodt πŸ’œβœ¨

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