---
name: "hnb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hnb"
version: "1.9.18+ds1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hnb"
---

# hnb(1)

Hierarchical notebook

## NAME

hnb - Hierarchical notebook

## SYNOPSIS

**hnb** \[*file*\] \[*options*\] \[*command* \[*command*\] .. \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **hnb** hierarchical notebook.

**hnb** is an ncurses program to organize many kinds of data in one place, for example addresses, todo lists, ideas, book reviews or to store snippets of brainstorming, to make a structured packing list or just to take random notes.  It can export ascii/html/latex/postscript, supports todo checkboxes, checkbox trees with percentages and searching.

**hnb** uses a simple ascii file for storing your notes. This file can be specified on the command line. If not specified, ~/.hnb is loaded (or created if missing).

## OPTIONS

**hnb** can be invoked with the following options:

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-t, --tutorial**

  Load the tutorial instead of a database.

- **-rc \<*file*\>**

  Load another config file than default.

- **-ui \<curses\|cli\>**

  Specify user interface to use.

- **-e**

  Run commands in noninteractive mode (start hnb with the cli ui and type \`help' to get more information).

## FILES

- \~/.hnb

  The default file for your notes. To use another, specify its name on the command line.

- \~/.hnbrc

  The default configuration file. To load another config file than default, use the **-rc** command-line option.

## SEE ALSO

For more information on the usage of the program, load the tutorial using **hnb --tutorial** and consult Documentation.hnb.  On Debian systems you can read it with **hnb /usr/share/doc/hnb/Documentation.hnb**

hnb homepage: http://hnb.sourceforge.net

## AUTHOR

hnb was written by 0yvind Kolas \<pippin@users.sourceforge.net\>.

This manual page was written by Andras Bali \<drewie@bigfoot.com\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).