User Guide

Duke is bored, and will assist you in organising your tasks!

Duke is a desktop task managing app, and is used via a Command Line Interface (CLI).

Features

Add a new ToDo - todo

Format: todo DESCRIPTION

Adds a new ToDo task to the list.

Example of usage:

todo wash clothes

Expected outcome:

Alright! I've added this task:
[T][✘] wash clothes
Now you have 1 task(s) in your list.

Add a new Deadline - deadline

Format: deadline DESCRIPTION /by DATE [TIME]

Adds a new Deadline task to the list. This task requires minimally a date, and optionally a time. Check the appendix for the accepted date and time formats.

Example of usage:

deadline homework /by 20-09-2020 6pm

Expected outcome:

Alright! I've added this task:
[D][✘] homework (by: 20 Sep 2020, 18:00)
Now you have 2 task(s) in your list.

Add a new Event - event

Format: event DESCRIPTION /at DATE [TIME]

Adds a new Event task to the list. This task requires minimally a date, and optionally a time. Check the appendix for the accepted date and time formats.

Example of usage:

event company retreat /at 31/Sep/2020

Expected outcome:

Alright! I've added this task:
[E][✘] company retreat (at: 30 Sep 2020)
Now you have 3 task(s) in your list.

List tasks - list

Format: list

Prints out all tasks in the list, including the tags associated to the tasks.

Example of usage:

list

Expected outcome:

1. [T][✘] wash clothes
Tags: No tags yet
2. [D][✘] homework (by: 20 Sep 2020, 18:00)
Tags: No tags yet
3. [E][✘] company retreat (at: 30 Sep 2020)
Tags: No tags yet

Tag a task - tag

Format: tag TASK_INDEX TAGS...

Adds provided tags (minimally 1) to a task at the specified TASK_INDEX. The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.

Example of usage:

tag 2 school work difficult

Expected outcome:

Alright, I have added the tags!

Remove tags - rmtag

Format: rmtag TASK_INDEX TAGS_TO_REMOVE...

Removes provided tags (minimally 1) from a task at the specified TASK_INDEX, if they exist. The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.

Example of usage:

rmtag 2 difficult fun

Expected outcome:

Done!
One or more tags provided do not exist in the task, so I skipped them.

Mark task as done - done

Format: done TASK_INDEX

Marks the task at the specified TASK_INDEX as done. The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.

Example of usage:

done 1

Expected outcome:

Nice! I've marked this task as done:
[T][✓] wash clothes

Delete a task - delete

Format: delete TASK_INDEX

Deletes the task at the specified TASK_INDEX as done. The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.

Example of usage:

delete 3

Expected outcome:

Noted. I've removed this task:
[E][✘] company retreat (at: 30 Sep 2020)

Find task(s) using keyword- find

Format: find KEYWORD

Finds and prints tasks that contain the provided keyword in their description.

Example of usage:

find clothes

Expected outcome:

Here's what I found:
1. [T][✓] wash clothes

Find task(s) using keyword - find

Format: find KEYWORD

Finds and prints tasks that contain the provided keyword in their description.

Example of usage:

find clothes

Expected outcome:

1. [T][✓] wash clothes

Exiting the program - bye

Format: bye

Exits the program. The program will close after a short delay.

Saving the data

List data are saved in the hard disk automatically after any command that makes any changes in the task list.

Appendix

Date and time formats

The accepted date and time formats in this app are listed below:

Date:

The slashes ( / ) can be replaced with hyphens ( - ).

Time: