khard¶
Synopsis¶
khard [-c CONFIG] [–debug] [–skip-unparsable] SUBCOMMAND …
khard -h|–help
khard -v|–version
Description¶
Khard is an address book for the Linux command line. It can read, create, modify and delete carddav address book entries. Khard only works with a local store of VCARD files. It is intended to be used in conjunction with other programs like an email client, text editor, vdir synchronizer or VOIP client.
Options¶
| -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG | |
| configuration file (default: ~/.config/khard/khard.conf) | |
| --debug | output debugging information |
| --skip-unparsable | |
| skip unparsable vcards when reading the address books | |
Subcommands¶
The functionality of khard is divided into several subcommands. All of these
have their own help text which can be seen with khard SUBCOMMAND --help.
Listing subcommands¶
These subcommands list information of several contacts who match a search query.
- list
- list all (selected) contacts
- birthdays
- list birthdays (sorted by month and day)
- list email addresses
- phone
- list phone numbers
- postaddress
- list postal addresses
- filename
- list filenames of all matching contacts
Detailed display¶
These subcommands display detailed information about one subcommand.
- details
- display detailed information about one contact
- export
- export a contact to the custom yaml format that is also used for editing and creating contacts
Modifying subcommands¶
These subcommands are used to modify contacts.
- source
- edit the vcard file of a contact directly
- new
- create a new contact
- add-email
- Extract email address from the “From:” field of an email header and add to an existing contact or create a new one
- merge
- merge two contacts
- modify
- edit the data of a contact
- copy
- copy a contact to a different addressbook
- move
- move a contact to a different addressbook
- remove
- remove a contact
Other subcommands¶
- addressbooks
- list all address books
Configuration¶
See khard.conf(5).