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On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:20 AM, John Williams <subbass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 19:58 +0100, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> That sounds great. Do you know roughly when you posted them to the >> list? The lug search only seems to let me search up to a maximum of 6 >> months at a time? >> > > I will attach it again as I am not even certain that it was I sent to > the list, I thought it was though. > > >> They are obviously working well for you, in that you have been using >> them over the last few years. How many "records" do you have? >> > > At the moment it contains 160 entries, its "database" is simple a flat > text file, one entry per line. There would be no conceivable slow down > with many many hundreds of entries, there may be limits on what the > commands head, tail and cat work with but I don't really know and > imagine it to be pretty darned big. > > adbk is the command to do most of the work, it has a -h (help) option to > remind of usage. If you try, you can probably break something but I > haven't had any probs. I suspect someone else better with scripting my > be able to write it better after they finish crying into my code ;) > > adbk 999 For fire police and ambulance > adbk Mr Brown 10 Downing St, London > adbk John Williams subbass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx birthday 25th June > note:niceguy > > Above are examples of my uses, address, birthdays, phone numbers, > specific things I might want to remember when looking up a persons > details, like due date for a sprog, or a friend who I seldom speak with, > their fiances name (I am terrible with names) > > If you want to remove an entry, use -n for a numbered output, and then > -d <num> > If you want to edit an entry, use -e to open it in nano, make the > changes save and exit, you may need to do a -r after to resort the > list.. Or it will do itself next time an entry is made/removed. > > abs is a shorter faster way to search for an entry, it just uses grep, > nothing fancy. > > abs kemp > abs june > abs nice > > fast and simple :] > > adbkup is how I make a quick backup, it uses an email command to just > send the textfile to an email address, I have a gmail address I use > solely for storing conf's and my scripts etc. Edit the script to your > own email address. If you don't have an existing commandline 'email' > then in the script comments is a link to the one I use and have done for > years. > > adbk2evernote might be useful to me only, but its included. It is > basically same as the normal backup one, but it sends it to my evernote > account via email so I can sync it onto my ipod super duper simply, so I > can have an updated full contact list with me *everywhere*. Its saved my > ass a few times :] > > Well, it prolly sounds more complicated than it is... adbk <text> to add > something, abs <text> to find it. > > abs <text> | lpr > If you want to print it :] > > God I love linux.... Amen. > > If anyone does tart up the code feel free and let me have the upgrade > scripts :] > > -- > John Williams Hi John!! That is AWESOME! Many thanks. I have downloaded the scripts and will have a play about with them a little later. I am revising for an exam at the moment :-s. I will let you know how I get on. I am sure they will be great! :-) If you have not already done so, perhaps you should put them in a more public place on the net. I am certain a lot of people out there would like to make use of them?? Will let you know how I get on. MANY thanks Best wishes Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html