NOTE

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NAME

note - manage notes on program sources

SYNOPSIS

note [-e] [-s] [-r [program ...]]

DESCRIPTION

Note is a shell script designed to manage notes on sources, such as what they are, where and whom they came from, when they were received/created, and whether or not they work. It is primarily intended for keeping track of software recived via the Usenet news network.

With no options, note appends lines from standard input to a file called ``NOTES'' in the current directory. The format of a NOTES file is:

program:[Mmm dd yy] comments ...
<1 tab> more comments
<blank line>

-e edit the NOTES file using $VISUAL as the editor.: If VISUAL is not set, note looks for $EDITOR, and if that is
also not set, defaults to ``/usr/bin/vi''.
-r show all notes on the given program(s), or the entire NOTES: file (unsorted) if no program is given, piped through $PAGER (unless
PAGER is cat).
-s show the entire NOTES file, sorted so all notes on a: given program occur together, piped through $PAGER.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

Name         Default          Purpose

PAGER        /usr/local/bin/moreUsed to page output
VISUAL       /usr/bin/vi      Used to edit the NOTES file
EDITOR       none             Used if VISUAL is not set

FILES

/tmp/note$$ temporary files

AUTHOR

Written by Christine Robertson 1986

BUGS

Please send all bug reports to {linus, ihnp4, decvax}!utzoo!toram!chris.

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