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ABOOK(1)		    General Commands Manual		      ABOOK(1)

NAME
       abook - text-based address book program

SYNOPSIS
       abook [ OPTION ]

DESCRIPTION
       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.

OPTIONS
       -h --help
	      Show usage.

       -C --config <filename>
	      Use   an	 alternative   configuration   file   (defaults	   are
	      $HOME/.abook/abookrc then	$XDG_DATA_HOME/abook/abookrc).

       -f --datafile <filename>
	      Use    an	   alternative	  addressbook	file   (defaults   are
	      $HOME/.abook/addressbook then $XDG_DATA_HOME/abook/addressbook).

       --mutt-query <string> [ --outformat <outputformat> ]
	      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.
	      Only  a  subset  of  the	below <outputformat> are allowed: mutt
	      (default), vcard and custom

       --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
	      -	palmcsv	Palm comma separated values
	      -	vcard VCard addressbook

	      The following outputformats are supported:
	      -	abook abook native format
	      -	ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
	      -	mutt mutt alias
	      -	html html document
	      -	pine pine addressbook
	      -	vcard VCard addressbook
	      -	csv comma separated values
	      -	palmcsv	Palm comma separated values
	      -	elm elm	alias
	      -	text plain text
	      -	spruce Spruce address book
	      -	wl Wanderlust address book
	      -	ical iCalendar
	      -	bsdcal BSD calendar
	      -	custom Custom output format, see below

       --outformatstr <string>
	      Only   used  if  --mutt-query  or	 --convert  is	specified  and
	      --outformat=custom.  <string>  is	 a  format   string   allowing
	      placeholders.
	      A	 placeholder  can  be  any  of	the standard fields names (see
	      abookrc(5)) and must be encapsulated by curly brackets.
	      The default value	is "{nick} ({name}): {mobile}"
	      If <string> starts with !	only entries  whose  all  fields  from
	      <string> are non-NULL are	included.

       --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.

       --email-fields <fields>
	      Comma-separated list of the email	fields to look for when	adding
	      email addresses. Defaults	to "from" but adding mostly everything
	      would be "from,to,cc".

       --formats
	      List available formats.

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

SEE ALSO
       mutt(1),	abookrc(5)

AUTHOR
       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>

				  2006-09-06			      ABOOK(1)

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