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User Guide

Duke program is a Desktop app for recording a list of tasks to do via Command Line Interface (CLI) with the aid of Graphical User Interface (GUI).

• Quick start
• Features
  • Listing all tasks: list
  • Adding a task: todo
  • Adding a task with deadline: deadline
  • Adding an event: event
  • Deleting a task: delete
  • Marking a task: mark
  • Unmarking a task: unmark
  • Setting a priority level for task: priority
  • Finding a task: find
  • Terminating the program: bye
• FAQ
• Summary

Quick start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above install in your Computer.
2. Download the latest duke.jar from here.
3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for your Duke.
4. Double-click the file to start the app. The GUI similar to the below should appear in a few seconds. Note how the app contains sample data.
   
5. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it. Some example commands you can try:
   • list: List all tasks.
   • todo laundry: Adds a laundry task to the list of tasks.
   • delete 3: Deletes the 3rd task on the current list.
   • mark 2: Marks the 2nd task on the current list.
   • bye: Terminates the program.
6. Refer to Features below for details of each command.

Features

Notes about command format:

• Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.

Listing all tasks: list

Lists all tasks on the list of tasks. Format: list

Adding a task: todo

Adds a todo task to the list of tasks. Format: todo TASK Examples:

• todo homework

Adding a task with deadline: deadline

Adds a task with deadline to the list of tasks. Format: deadline TASK /by DEADLINE

• When DEADLINE is given in the format of yyyy-mm-dd, it will be translated to a more readable format. Eg. 2022-09-15 will be converted to Sep 15 2022

Examples:

• deadline return book /by Sunday

Adding an event: event

Adds an event to the list of tasks. Format: event TASK /at DATE

• When DATE is given in the format of yyyy-mm-dd, it will be translated to a more readable format. Eg. 2022-09-15 will be converted to Sep 15 2022

Examples:

• event project meeting /at Mon 2-4pm

Deleting a task: delete

Deletes the specified task from the current list of tasks. Format: delete INDEX

• Deletes the task at the specified INDEX.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.
• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …

Examples:

• list followed by delete 3 deletes the 3rd task on the list.

Marking a task: mark

Marks the specified task from the current list of tasks. Format: mark INDEX

• Marks the task at the specified INDEX.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.

Examples:

• mark 5

Unmarking a task: unmark

Unmarks the specified task from the current list of tasks. Format: unmark INDEX

• Unmarks the task at the specified INDEX.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.

Examples:

• unmark 5

Setting a priority level for task: priority

Sets the priority level for the specified task. Format: priority INDEX LEVEL

• Set priority level for the specified INDEX.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed list.
• LEVEL can take any arbitrary level that the user define.

Examples:

• priority 2 high

Finding a task: find

Finds all task in the list which contains the specified word. Format: find WORD

Examples:

• find book

Terminating the program: bye

Saves the current list and ends the program. Format: bye

FAQ

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Command summary

Action	Format, Examples
list	list
todo	todo TASK e.g., todo homework
deadline	deadline TASK /by DEADLINE e.g., deadline return book /by Sunday
event	event TASK /at DATE e.g., event project meeting /at Mon 2-4pm
delete	delete INDEX e.g., delete 3
mark	mark INDEX e.g., mark 5
unmark	unmark INDEX e.g., unmark 5
priority	priority INDEX LEVEL e.g., priority 2 high
find	find WORD e.g., find book
bye	bye