ABOOK(1)

NAME
abook - text-based address book program

SYNOPSIS
abook [ --help | --datafile <filename> | --mutt-query <string> | --convert <inputformat> <inputfile> <outputformat> <outputfile> | --add-email | --add-email-quiet ]

DESCRIPTION
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.

OPTIONS

--help
    Show usage.

--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 <inputformat> <inputfile> <outputformat> <outputfile>
    Converts <inputfile> in <inputformat> to <outputfile> in <outputformat>
    The following inputformats are supported:
    - abook abook native format
    - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook
    - pine pine addressbook
    - csv comma separated values
    The following outputformats are supported:
    - abook abook native format
    - mutt mutt alias
    - html html document
    - pine pine addressbook
    - gcrd GnomeCard (VCard) addressbook
    - csv comma separated values
    - elm elm alias
    - text plain text

--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.

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>