For many years, I have maintained a simple text file list of contact names, phone numbers, addresses, and other miscellaneous information -- a single line for each entry. That file now has more than 3,000 names and phone numbers.
To find/retrieve a phone number, I have used a simple shell script with grep. While this has worked fine from the Linux command line, and it gives instantaneous results, I have often wondered and sometimes searched for a utility app that could do the same thing. I do not want a multiple function contact and calendar app, but I would like something with a *very simple* gui that I could access from an icon on the desktop or panel; and I'd also like something that would work on both my Linux boxes and also for my wife on her windblows laptop. The way my old shell script works is I just type: phone <E> on the command line, and then press <S> for select, enter the name or part of a phone number, and all entries that match the select criteria display. With the current method, I open the file in a text editor to add new entries or make changes. But it would be nice to have the option to press <A> to append a new, one-line text entry. Leave it to the user to make the entry in the same format as the rest of the text file. Anyone know of an existing *simple* app or utility that can do this on both Linux and windblow? Below a sample of the way my text file looks now when I search for "library": (Yes, I know the area code following the phone number is a bit strange, but this goes waaaay back to when I first used this for just a few dozen local phone numbers; and for a number of practical reasons, I have opted to not reformat the entire text file.) 644-3300 #480 Mesa Express Library PO Box 1466 Mesa 95211 644-3182 #480 Mesa Library or 3184 or reference desk 3164 644-3569 #480 Mesa Library Brynn Burton, Suprv Librarian 644-2207 #480 Mesa Library main branch 262-4636 #602 PhoenixPublicLibrary.org -or- phxlib.org 644-2472 #480 Mesa Library Technology 644-2732 #480 Mesa Library Interlibrary Loan office 644-3182 #480 MesaLibrary.org 707-2100 #202 Library of Congress info 386-4648 #206 Seattle Library directory info center 543-0741 #206 University of Washington Engineering Library 651-7072 #360 Sno-Isle Library --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss