---
name: "nodau"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nodau"
version: "0.3.14-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nodau"
---

# nodau(1)

simple console notetaking program

## NAME

nodau - simple console notetaking program

## SYNOPSIS

**nodau** \<OPTION\> \[DATA\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **nodau** command.

nodau is a simple console notetaking program.\

### OPTIONS:

- help

  print this message

- list \[SEARCH\]

  list notes, accepts optional search term

- new \<NAME\>

  create new note, \<NAME\> must be unique

- encrypt \<NAME\>

  encrypt a new or existing note

- decrypt \<NAME\>

  decrypt an existing note

- edit \<NAME\>

  open an existing note for editing

- append \<NAME\>

  when piping data from stdin, append it to any existing data instead of overwritting

- show \<NAME\>

  display an existing note

- del \<SEARCH\>

  delete a note/notes, accepts name or search term

- rename \<OLD\> \<NEW\>

  rename an existing note

### SEARCH TERM:

-

  search terms with spaces do not need to be inside "quotes". One exception to this convention is  rename, in which speaces are used as delimiter between old name and new name. In such case use "quotes" in either argument to denote spaces in note's name.\
   \<NAME\>          name of a note, list will search for names similar to the term, del will delete only an exact match\
   t@\<DATESTRING\>  matches notes created at a given date/time\
   t-\<DATESTRING\>  matches notes created before a given date/time\
   t+\<DATESTRING\>  matches notes created after a given date/time

### DATE STRING:

-

  \<DATESTRING\> can be made of any typical date format such as:\
   dd/mm/yy\
   dd, mm, yyyy hh:mm

### EDITING:

-

  By default nodau will use the EDITOR environment variable to edit notes, simply edit the file as usual, nodau will save the note to it's database when you exit the editor. If EDITOR is not set the nodau builtin editor will be used.\
   Use of the builtin editor can be forced by setting \`force\_builtin\_editor = true' in the nodau config file. Alternatively, the external\_editor config setting can be set to use a specific editor regardless of the EDITOR environment variable value. \`force\_builtin\_editor = true' takes precedence over EDITOR and external\_editor settings.\
   The builtin editor accepts standard printable characters, enter, and backspace. There is no support for moving the cursor with the arrow keys or mouse. To exit the editor and save the note, create a new line with only a dot (.) on it, or press escape.

### ENCRYPTION:

-

  Encrypting a note will apply DES encryption to the note using a passphrase which is requested from the user during the process. The passphrase is then required to decrypt, edit, or read the note. Decrypting a note will restore the note as plain text, and the passphrase will no longer be required for access.

### CONFIGURATION FILE:

-

  The nodau config file is located at $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/nodau/nodau.conf which is typically ~/.config/nodau/nodau.conf.

  The following config settings are currently in use:

  SETTING                    VALUES                DEFAULT\
   external\_editor            name of a text editor executable (vim, nano,etc).\
   force\_builtin\_editor       true or false         false\
   import\_old\_db              true or false         true\
   edit\_autocreate            true of false         true

  If import\_old\_db value is true or not set, nodau will import notes from the 0.2.x database to the 0.3.x database.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was modified by Lisa Milne \<lisa@ltmnet.com\> from an original written by Salvatore Bonaccorso \<carnil@debian.org\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).