NAME
matchaddress, matchtel, matchemail, matchfax, matchletter, matchbirthday - Fast access to addressbook database
SYNOPSIS
matchaddress [options] person
matchtel [options] person
matchemail [options] person
matchfax [options] person
matchletter [options] person
matchbirthday [options] person
DESCRIPTION
matchaddress is a program to provide light-weight access to the addressbook database.
matchtel prints all known phone numbers of a person.
matchemail prints the email address for a person.
matchfax print the fax number for person.
matchletter prints the address for a person as you would write it on a letter.
matchbirthday prints the person's birthday.
Note that the program will match all the people matching the substring person. Multiple substrings are not supported.
OPTIONS
All programs take the same options.
- -s
-
Short form, prints only the matching data, not the person or people that matched.
- -l
-
Long form, prints the matching person or people as well as the requested data.
- -f name
-
Output the data found in the field named name.
- -n number
-
Output the data found in the field numbered number, which tends to be extremely fast.
- -a file
-
Search the addressfile addrfile rather than the default address file.
- -c file
-
Read configuration from the file file rather than the default configuration file.
- -ld dir
-
Use the directory dir to as the library dir instead of the default.
- -db number
-
Set the debug level to number.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the behavior of matchaddress:
- ADDRBOOK_ADDRFILE
-
Sets the address file, same effect as the option -a above.
- addressbook(1)