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removed the type event: bday is only for birthdays and anniversaries
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:32:18 +0100
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1 .TH bday 1 1 .TH bday 1
2 .SH NAME 2 .SH NAME
3 bday \- inform about upcoming birthdays and other events 3 bday \- inform about upcoming birthdays and anniversaries
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 .SH SYNOPSIS 7 .SH SYNOPSIS
8 .BR bday\ [ -w 8 .BR bday\ [ -w
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12 12
13 .SH DESCRIPTION 13 .SH DESCRIPTION
14 The 14 The
15 .B bday 15 .B bday
16 command reads standard input which gives a list of birthdays and events (see section 16 command reads standard input which gives a list of birthdays and anniversaries.
17 .B FILE FORMAT 17 It produces a list of events which are coming up within the next few weeks.
18 for details). It produces a list of events which are coming up within the next few weeks.
19 18
20 19
21 20
22 .SH OPTIONS 21 .SH OPTIONS
23 22
25 .BI -w\ warn 24 .BI -w\ warn
26 Warn 25 Warn
27 .I warn 26 .I warn
28 days in advance, for entries that have no 27 days in advance, for entries that have no
29 .B #w 28 .B #w
30 flag (see 29 flag.
31 .BR FILE\ FORMAT ).
32 If this switch is not specified, it defaults to 14 days. 30 If this switch is not specified, it defaults to 14 days.
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35 33
36 .SH FILE FORMAT 34 .SH FILE FORMAT
55 This line is an anniversary. The year, if given, should be the year in which the thing happened, producing output like 53 This line is an anniversary. The year, if given, should be the year in which the thing happened, producing output like
56 .B Tomorrow: Pen exploded 3 years ago 54 .B Tomorrow: Pen exploded 3 years ago
57 given a line such as 55 given a line such as
58 .BR "1993-09-12 #ann Pen exploded" . 56 .BR "1993-09-12 #ann Pen exploded" .
59 .TP 57 .TP
60 .B #ev
61 This line is an event of some sort. If a year is given, the text will be displayed in that year only; otherwise, it will
62 be displayed every year. The remaining time is simply appended to the text; for instance, the input
63 .B 1996-04-07 #ev Easter
64 would give rise to the text
65 .BR "In 1 week: Easter" .
66 .TP
67 .BI #w n 58 .BI #w n
68 Warn 59 Warn
69 .I n 60 .I n
70 days in advance of the date, rather than the default of 14 days or the number given with the 61 days in advance of the date, rather than the default of 14 days or the number given with the
71 .B -w 62 .B -w
72 flag. 63 flag.
73 .TP
74 .BI #for days
75 The event lasts for
76 .B days
77 days.
78 .TP
79 .BI #to date
80 The event lasts until
81 .IR date ,
82 which should be in the same format as for the date of the event.
83 64
84 65
85 66
86 .SH EXAMPLE 67 .SH EXAMPLE
87 68