DivineDominion / contacts

displays contacts from the AddressBook database

README for contacts

The utility contacts provides command line access to view and search all records in the AddressBook database.

Build

To build from the source distribution, run:

$ make

Install

$ sudo make install

Uninstall

$ sudo make uninstall

Examples

Here are a few examples:

$ contacts -h
usage: contacts [-hHsmnlS] [-f format] [search]
      -h displays help (this)
      -H suppress header
      -s sort list
      -m show me
      -n displays note below each record
      -l loose formatting (does not truncate record values)
      -S strict formatting (does not add space between columns)
      -f accepts a format string (see man page)

This utility displays contacts from the AddressBook database.

$ contacts
NAME                  PHONE        IM                  EMAIL                    
Kim Jong Il           [phone] License2KimJongill  [e-mail]
George W Bush         202-276-4300 Bush43              [e-mail]
[...]

$ contacts bush
NAME                  PHONE        IM                  EMAIL                    
George W Bush         202-276-4300 Bush43              [e-mail]

$ contacts -f "%n %w" mrill
NAME                  HOMEPAGE
Kim Jong Il           http://www.livejournal.com/users/kim_jong_il__/

For more information and details, see the man page. :)

Contributions, patches, ideas, and criticisms are welcome.

-shane (at) gnufoo (dot) org