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

       rename <OLD> <NEW>
              rename an existing note

   SEARCH TERM:
              search  terms  with  spaces do not need to be inside "quotes". One exception to this convention is
              rename, in which speaces are used as delimiter between old name and new name.  In  such  case  use
              "quotes" in either argument to denote spaces in note's name.
              <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)