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User Guide

Duke is a desktop app for managing tasks, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI).

Tables of Contents

Features

• Adding a task
• Listing all tasks
• Locating task by description
• Finishing a task
• Deleting a task
• Archiving a task

FAQ
Command Summary

Features

Note:

• Words in UPPER_CASE care the parameters to be supplied by the user. e.g. in todo TASK, TASK is a parameter which can be used as todo read book.

• Items in square brackets are optional. e.g. deadline TASK /by DATE [TIME] can be used as deadline watch lecture /by 14/09/2020 or as deadline watch lecture /by 14/09/2020 1600

Adding a task: todo, deadline, event

Adds a task into the list

Format:

• todo DESCRIPTION
• deadline DESCRIPTION /by DATE [TIME]
• event DESCRIPTION /at DATE [TIME]

Comments:

• DATE must be in dd/mm/yyyy format.
• TIME must be in hhmm 24 hours format.

Examples:

• todo read book
• deadline return book /by 15/09/2020
• event watch lecture /at 16/09/2020 1600

Listing all tasks: list

Shows a list of all tasks.

Format: list

Locating task by description: find

Finds tasks whose description contain the given keyword

Format: find KEYWORD [MORE_KEYWORDS]

Comments:

• The search is case-sensitive
• The order of keywords matter
• Only the description will be search
• Only full words will be matched

Examples:

• find book will return read book and return book.

Finishing a task: done

Marks the specified task as completed.

Format: done INDEX

Comments:

• Marks the task at the specified index
• Index refers to task number
• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …

Examples:

• done 1 will mark the first task as complete.

Deleting a task: delete

Deletes the specified task from the list.

Format: delete INDEX

Comments:

• Deletes the task at the specified index
• Index refers to task number
• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …

Examples:

• delete 1 deletes the first task in the list.

Archiving a task: archive

Archives the specified task in the list.

Format: archive INDEX

Comments:

• Archives the task at the specified index
• Index refers to task number
• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …
• The task is deleted from the main list and added into a text file containing the archived tasks.
• The archive text file can be found under /data/archive.txt

FAQ

Q: Do I need to save the data?
A: No, the tasks are saved automatically every time the list changes.

Command Summary

Action	Format, Examples
Todo	todo DESCRIPTION e.g. todo read book
Deadline	deadline DESCRIPTION /by DATE [TIME] e.g. deadline return book /by 24/08/2020
Event	event DESCRIPTION /at DATE [TIME]
List	list
Find	find KEYWORD [MORE_KEYWORDS]
Done	done INDEX
Delete	delete INDEX
Archive	archive INDEX