abook - text-based address book program

abook [ OPTION ]

This manual page documents briefly the abook program. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

abook is a text-based address book program. It contains Name, Email, Address and various Phone fields. It is designed for use with mutt, but can be equally useful on its own.

-h --help

Show usage.

-C --config <filename>

Use an alternative configuration file (default is $HOME/.abook/abookrc).

--datafile <filename>

Use an alternative addressbook file (default is $HOME/.abook/addressbook).

--mutt-query <string>

Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for <string>).

The --datafile option, as documented above, may be used BEFORE this option to search a different addressbook file.

--convert [ --informat <inputformat> ] [ --infile <inputfile> ] [ --outformat <outputformat> ] [ --outfile <outputfile> ]

Converts <inputfile> in <inputformat> to <outputfile> in <outputformat> (defaults are abook, stdin, text and stdout).

The following inputformats are supported:

- abook abook native format

- ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook

- mutt mutt alias

- pine pine addressbook

- csv comma separated values

The following outputformats are supported:

- abook abook native format

- ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)

- mutt mutt alias

- html html document

- pine pine addressbook

- gcrd GnomeCard (VCard) addressbook

- csv comma separated values

- palmcsv Palm comma separated values

- elm elm alias

- text plain text

- spruce Spruce address book

--add-email

Read an e-mail message from stdin and add the sender to the addressbook.

--add-email-quiet

Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.

--formats

List available formats.

Press '?' during use to get a list of commands.

mutt(1), abookrc(5)

This manual page was written by Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

abook was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net>