add, a"THINGINEEDTODO+project@context"
Adds THINGINEEDTODO to your todo.txt file on its own line. Project and context notation
optional. Quotes optional.
addm"FIRSTTHINGINEEDTODO+project1@context<break>SECONDTHINGINEEDTODO+project2@context"
Adds FIRSTTHINGINEEDTODO to your todo.txt on its own line and Adds SECONDTHINGINEEDTODO
to you todo.txt on its own line. Project and context notation optional.
addtoDEST"TEXTTOADD"
Adds a line of text to any file located in the todo.txt directory. For example, addto inbox.txt
"decide about vacation"
append, appITEM#"TEXTTOAPPEND"
Adds TEXTTOAPPEND to the end of the task on line ITEM#. Quotes optional.
archive
Moves all done tasks from todo.txt to done.txt and removes blank lines.
command[ACTIONS]
Runs the remaining arguments using only todo.sh builtins. Will not call any .todo.actions.d
scripts.
deduplicate
Removes duplicate lines from todo.txt.
del, rmITEM# [TERM]
Deletes the task on line ITEM# in todo.txt. If TERM specified, deletes only TERM from the task.
depri, dpITEM# [ITEM# ...]
Deprioritizes (removes the priority) from the task(s) on line ITEM# in todo.txt.
doITEM# [ITEM# ...]
Marks task(s) on line ITEM# as done in todo.txt.
help[ACTION ...]
Display help about usage, options, built-in and add-on actions, or just the usage help for the
passed ACTION(s).
list, ls [TERM ...]
Displays all tasks that contain TERM(s) sorted by priority with line numbers. Each task must match
all TERM(s) (logical AND); to display tasks that contain any TERM (logical OR), use
"TERM1TERM2..." (with quotes), or TERM1\|TERM2 (unquoted). Hides all tasks that contain TERM(s)
preceded by a minus sign (i.e. -TERM). If no TERM specified, lists entire todo.txt.
listall, lsa [TERM ...]
Displays all the lines in todo.txt AND done.txt that contain TERM(s) sorted by priority with line
numbers. Hides all tasks that contain TERM(s) preceded by a minus sign (i.e. -TERM). If no TERM
specified, lists entire todo.txt AND done.txt concatenated and sorted.
listaddons
Lists all added and overridden actions in the actions directory.
listcon, lsc [TERM ...]
Lists all the task contexts that start with the @ sign in todo.txt. If TERM specified, considers
only tasks that contain TERM(s).
listfile, lf [SRC [TERM ...]]
Displays all the lines in SRC file located in the todo.txt directory, sorted by priority with line
numbers. If TERM specified, lists all lines that contain TERM(s) in SRC file. Hides all tasks that
contain TERM(s) preceded by a minus sign (i.e. -TERM). Without any arguments, the names of all
text files in the todo.txt directory are listed.
listpri, lsp [PRIORITIES] [TERM ...]
Displays all tasks prioritized PRIORITIES. PRIORITIES can be a single one (A) or a range (A-C). If
no PRIORITIES specified, lists all prioritized tasks. If TERM specified, lists only prioritized
tasks that contain TERM(s). Hides all tasks that contain TERM(s) preceded by a minus sign (i.e.
-TERM).
listproj, lsprj [TERM ...]
Lists all the projects (terms that start with a + sign) in todo.txt. If TERM specified, considers
only tasks that contain TERM(s).
move, mvITEM#DEST [SRC]
Moves a line from source text file (SRC) to destination text file (DEST). Both source and
destination file must be located in the directory defined in the configuration directory. When SRC
is not defined it's by default todo.txt.
prepend, prepITEM#"TEXTTOPREPEND"
Adds TEXTTOPREPEND to the beginning of the task on line ITEM#. Quotes optional.
pri, pITEM#PRIORITY
Adds PRIORITY to task on line ITEM#. If the task is already prioritized, replaces current
priority with new PRIORITY. PRIORITY must be a letter between A and Z.
replaceITEM#"UPDATEDTODO"
Replaces task on line ITEM# with UPDATEDTODO.
report Adds the number of open tasks and done tasks to report.txt.
shorthelp
List the one-line usage of all built-in and add-on actions.
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