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todo.sh — Simple and extensible shell script for managing your `todo.txt` file. More information: <https://git

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Problem

How to use the todo.sh command: Simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file. More information: <https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli>.

Solution

todo.sh — Simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file. More information: <https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli>.

List every item:

todo.sh ls

Add an item with project and context tags:

todo.sh add '{{description}} +{{project}} @{{context}}'

Mark an item as [do]ne:

todo.sh do {{item_no}}

Remove an item:

todo.sh rm {{item_no}}

Set an item's [pri]ority (A-Z):

todo.sh pri {{item_no}} {{priority}}

Replace an item:

todo.sh replace {{item_no}} '{{new_description}}'

Code Snippets

List every item

todo.sh ls

Add an item with project and context tags

todo.sh add '{{description}} +{{project}} @{{context}}'

Mark an item as [do]ne

todo.sh do {{item_no}}

Remove an item

todo.sh rm {{item_no}}

Set an item's [pri]ority (A-Z)

todo.sh pri {{item_no}} {{priority}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/todo.sh

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