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Updated: 24 Oct 2014
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NAME

memo - unix-style note taking software

SYNOPSIS

memo [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Memo is a note taking software for POSIX compatible operating systems. The short notes are saved to user's home directory in ~/.memo file by default.

OPTIONS

-a <content> [yyyy-MM-dd]: Add a new note
-d <id>: Delete note by id
-D: Delete all notes
-e <path>: Export notes as html to a file
-f <search>: Find notes by text search
-F <regex>: Find notes by regular expression
-l <n>: Show latest n notes
-m <id>: Mark note status as done
-M <id>: Mark note status as undone
-p: Show current memo file path
-s: Show all notes
-h: Show short help and exit. This page
-V: Show version number of program

EXAMPLES

Add a new note:
memo -a "Remember to buy milk!"

Add a new note with custom date:
memo -a "File taxes" 2014-10-14

Search memos by string:
memo -f buy

Output:
4 2014-10-10 Remember to buy milk

Replace record 4 with new text:
memo -d 4 -a "Remember to buy cheese"

Add note from stdin:
echo "My new note" | memo

It's possible to change the location (and name) of the .memo file. Create $HOME/.memorc with a line MEMO_PATH=/path/you/would/like , Memo will use that path instead of the default $HOME/.memo path.

FILES

$HOME/.memo $HOME/.memorc

AUTHORS

Written by Niko Rosvall, help written by Jari Aalto.

COPYRIGHT

Released under license GPL-3+. For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses