addresses(1)
NAME
addresses - Dumps the Palm Address Book entries to STDOUT
in a simple format.
SYNOPSIS
Redirect to a specified output file:
- addresses [-p <port>] > MyAddresses.txt
- (Note the redirect) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This will dump the Address Book from your Palm into the file MyAddresses.txt in the format that looks similar to the following format:Category: Personal Businesses Last name: Doe First name: Jane Company: Acme, Inc. Work: +1 (800) GO-ACME Home: jdoe@acme.org Address: 123 Main Street City: Anywhere State: CA Zip Code: 01234-5678 Country: USA Title: Chief Annoyance Officer - Output to STDOUT (the screen)
- addresses [-p <port>]
This will dump the same information (shown above, in the same format as above) to the screen or wher ever you may have directed STDOUT to on your sys tem.
DESCRIPTION
addresses will connect to your Palm handheld and dump all
entries found in the AddressDB.pdb (Address Book) file to
STDOUT (generally the screen) or, if redirected with the
'>' (greater-than) character, it will redirect to a file
of your choosing (called "MyAddresses.txt in the above
example, but may be called any other filename you wish).
OPTIONS
There is only one option (and it is, well, optional), and
that is the '>' redirection character to send the output
to a file (or process) instead of STDOUT (generally "The
Screen[tm]")
USAGE
The program will read Address data from the Palm handheld
and output a format suitable for the other programs to
import as required. You may redirect the output to a file
or process, at your choosing.
addresses [-p <port>] > MyAddresses.txt # redirect to a
file (or process/pipe)
addresses [-p <port>] # print to STD
OUT/the screen
AUTHOR
addresses was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski
BUGS
- KNOWN BUGS
- addresses has no known bugs at this time.
- REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at http://bugs.pilot-link.org/