cnote
A platform independent command line note app.
Cnote is suitable for rapidly taking and getting note of plain text of tens of words.
With cnote, you can conveniently manage note in command line. You can install a drop-down terminal like Yakuake, so you can instantly call the terminal with a shortcut.
Cnote supports backup and restoring from backup, you can also import notes from backup of others.
Cnote stores all data in a embedded database goleveldb, an implementation of the LevelDB key/value database in the Go programming language. The path of database files is ~/.cnote/ in *nix operating system and C:\Users\Administrator\.cnote\ in Windows 7 for example.
Dependencies
No. Thanks for golang and goleveldb.
Cnote is only an executable binary file without any data or configure files.
Download
Download lastest release from release page.
Usage
USAGE:
cnote command [arguments...]
COMMANDS:
new Create a new note
del Delete a note
use Select a note
list, ls List all notes
add Add a note item
rm Remove a note item
tag, t List items by tags. List all tags if no arguments given
search, s Search items with regular expression
dump Dump whole database, for backup or transfer
wipe Attention! Wipe whole database
restore Wipe whole database, and restore from dumpped file
import Import note items from dumpped data
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
Examples
############### Create a new note ###############
$ cnote new fruit
note "fruit" created.
current note: "fruit".
$ cnote new people
note "people" created.
current note: "people".
############### List all notes ###############
$ cnote ls
note: fruit (#. of items: 0, last update: 2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST).
note: people (#. of items: 0, last update: 2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST). (current note)
############### Choose note fruit ###############
$ cnote use fruit
current note: "fruit" (last update: 2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST).
############### Delete a new note ###############
$ cnote del test
###########################################################################
############### add note item ###############
$ cnote add red,green apple
item: 1 (tags: [red green]) apple
$ cnote add green,yellow pear
item: 2 (tags: [green yellow]) pear
$ cnote add yellow banana
item: 3 (tags: [yellow]) banana
############### Show all tags ###############
$ cnote tag
tag: green (#. of items: 2).
tag: red (#. of items: 1).
tag: yellow (#. of items: 2).
############### Show items by tag ###############
$ cnote tag yellow
item: 2 (tags: [green yellow]) pear
item: 3 (tags: [yellow]) banana
############### Search items by regrexp ###############
$ cnote s ea
item: 2 (tags: [green yellow]) pear
############### Show all items, just search with . ###############
$ cnote s .
item: 1 (tags: [red green]) apple
item: 2 (tags: [green yellow]) pear
item: 3 (tags: [yellow]) banana
############### remove a note item ###############
$ cnote s .
item: 1 (tags: [red green]) apple
item: 2 (tags: [green yellow]) pear
item: 3 (tags: [yellow]) banana
$ cnote rm 2
$ cnote s .
item: 1 (tags: [red green]) apple
item: 3 (tags: [yellow]) banana
###########################################################################
############### Dump database for backup ###############
$ cnote dump
config {"current_note_name":"fruit"}
item_fruit_000000001 {"itemid":"1","tags":["red","green"],"content":"apple"}
item_fruit_000000002 {"itemid":"2","tags":["green","yellow"],"content":"pear"}
item_fruit_000000003 {"itemid":"3","tags":["yellow"],"content":"banana"}
note_fruit {"noteid":"fruit","sum":3,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:13:00 +0800 CST","last_id":3,"tags":{"green":{"1":true,"2":true},"red":{"1":true},"yellow":{"2":true,"3":true}}}
note_people {"noteid":"people","sum":0,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST","last_id":0,"tags":{}}
$ cnote dump > dumpdata
############### Wipe whole database, and restore from dumpped file ###############
$ cnote restore dumpdata
Attention, it will clear all the data. type "yes" to continue:yes
############### Import note items from dumpped data ###############
$ cnote import fruit fruit dumpdata
3 items imported into note "fruit".
$ cnote dump
config {"current_note_name":"fruit"}
item_fruit_000000001 {"itemid":"1","tags":["red","green"],"content":"apple"}
item_fruit_000000002 {"itemid":"2","tags":["green","yellow"],"content":"pear"}
item_fruit_000000003 {"itemid":"3","tags":["yellow"],"content":"banana"}
item_fruit_000000004 {"itemid":"4","tags":["red","green"],"content":"apple"}
item_fruit_000000005 {"itemid":"5","tags":["green","yellow"],"content":"pear"}
item_fruit_000000006 {"itemid":"6","tags":["yellow"],"content":"banana"}
note_fruit {"noteid":"fruit","sum":6,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:22:00 +0800 CST","last_id":6,"tags":{"green":{"1":true,"2":true,"4":true,"5":true},"red":{"1":true,"4":true},"yellow":{"2":true,"3":true,"5":true,"6":true}}}
note_people {"noteid":"people","sum":0,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST","last_id":0,"tags":{}}
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2014, Wei Shen ([email protected])