Duke User Guide

Duke is a command line application to keep track of tasks. Duke currently supports the following types of tasks:

• Todo
• Event
• Deadline

Duke also supports the following commands to operate on your tasks:

• List
• Done
• Delete
• By
• On
• Find

Duke also automatically saves your tasks to disk after every modification and loads tasks from file automatically on startup

Features

Todo

Create a Todo task with a description

Event

Create an Event task with a description and a date/time

Deadline

Create a Deadline task with a description and a due date/time

List

List all your tasks

Done

Mark a task as done

Delete

Delete a task

By

List all tasks with associated dates/times before specified date/time

On

List all tasks with associated dates on specified date

Find

List all tasks with descriptions containing specified search term

Saving to disk

Duke will automatically save your tasks to a relative path /data/tasks.txt after every operation that modifies the list of tasks

Loading from disk

Duke will automatically load your tasks from disk at startup

Usage

todo - Create a new Todo task

Add a new Todo task to your list of tasks

Example of usage:

todo math homework

Expected outcome:

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Added this task:  
[T][✘] math homework  
Now you have 1 task(s) in your list  
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event - Create a new Event task

Add a new Event task to your list of tasks

Example of usage:

event math class /at 31/7/2020 8:30

Expected outcome:

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Added this task:
[E][✘] math class (at: 31/7/2020 8:30)
Now you have 2 task(s) in your list
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deadline - Create a new Deadline task

Add a new Deadline task to your list of tasks

Example of usage:

deadline finish math homework /by 5/10/2021 16:30

Expected outcome:

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Added this task:
[D][✘] finish math homework (by: 5/10/2021 16:30)
Now you have 3 task(s) in your list
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List - List your tasks

Print a list of your tasks to the console

Example of usage:

list

Expected outcome:

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These are your tasks:
1. [T][✘] math homework
2. [E][✘] math class (at: 31/7/2020 8:30)
3. [D][✘] finish math homework (by: 5/10/2021 16:30)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Done - Mark a task as done

Mark a specified task as done based on task number

Example of usage:

done 2

Expected outcome:

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Task 2 has been marked as done
[E][✓] math class (at: 31/7/2020 8:30)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Delete - Delete a task

Delete a specified task based on task number

Example of usage:

delete 1

Expected outcome:

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Deleted task 1:
[T][✘] math homework
Now you have 2 tasks left in your list
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By - List tasks by date/time

List all tasks before a specified date/time

Example of usage:

by 20/2/2021 4:30

Expected outcome:

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These are your tasks by 20/2/2021 4:30:
1. [E][✓] math class (at: 31/7/2020 8:30)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On - List tasks on date

List all tasks on a specified date

Example of usage:

on 5/10/2021

Expected outcome:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These are your tasks on 5/10/2021:
2. [D][✘] finish math homework (by: 5/10/2021 16:30)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Find - Find tasks containing search term

List all tasks whose descriptions contain specified search term

Example of usage:

find homework

Expected outcome:

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Here are your search results:
2. [D][✘] finish math homework (by: 5/10/2021 16:30)
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