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Duke User Guide

Duke is a an optimized Command Line Interface (CLI) application used for managing tasks .

• Quick Start
• Command Summary
• Features
  • Lists all tasks: list
  • Delete a task in the list: delete
  • Mark a task as done: mark
  • Unmark a task on the list: unmark
  • Add a ‘todo’ task: todo
  • Add an ‘event’ task: event
  • Add a ‘deadline’ task: deadline
  • Find tasks in the list: find
  • Exit the program: bye

Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Java11or above installed in your computer.
2. Download the latestDuke.jarfrom here.
3. Move the file to the folder you want to use.
4. Open a command-line interface and navigate to folder you have chosen. You should see theDuke.jarfile.
5. Typejava -jar Duke.jarto run the program. The program should start up in a few seconds and show:
6. Enter the commands you wish to execute and start managing your tasks!
7. Refer to Command Summary below for details of each command

Command Summary

Commands	Format, Example
list	list To list the items
delete	delete [TASK INDEX] e.g delete 2 To remove the second task on your list
mark	mark [TASK INDEX] e.g mark 2 To mark the second task on your list as done
unmark	unmark [TASK index] e.g unmark 2 To unmark the fourth task on your list
todo	todo [DESCRIPTION] e.g todo work To add a todo task.
event	event [DESCRIPTION] /at [DATE] e.g event attend class /at Monday 6pm To add a event task.
deadline	deadline [DESCRIPTION] /by [DUE DATE] e.g deadline project /by Tuesday To add a deadline task.
find	find [KEYWORD] e.g find lecture To find tasks according to the keyword.
bye	bye To exit the program.

Features

Lists all tasks: list

Lists all the tasks in the task list.
Format: list
Example:

Delete a task in the list: delete

Deletes a specific task in the list using the index specified.
Format: delete [TASK INDEX]
Example: ‘delete 2’ - To delete second task in the list.

Mark a task as done: mark

Marks a specific task in the list as done using the index specified.
Format: mark [TASK INDEX]
Example: ‘mark 2’ - To mark second task in the list as done.

Unmark a task on the list: unmark

Unmarks a specific task in the list as not done using the index specified.
Format: unmark [TASK INDEX]
Example: ‘unmark 2’ - To unmark second task in the list as not done.

Add a ‘todo’ task: todo

Adds a todo task to the list. No date/time is required for this command.
Format: todo [DESCRIPTION]
Example: ‘todo work’ - To add a todo work task to the list.

Add an ‘event’ task: event

Adds an event task to the list. Date/time is required for this command.
Format: event [DESCRIPTION] /at [DATE]
Example: ‘event attend class /at Monday 6pm’ - To add an event at Monday 6pm task to the list.

Add a ‘deadline’ task: deadline

Adds a deadline task to the list. Date/time is required for this command.
Format: deadline [DESCRIPTION] /by [DATE]
Example: ‘deadline project /by Tuesday’ - To add a project with deadline by Tuesday task to the list.

Find tasks in the list: find

Finds all the tasks that contains the keyword given.
Format: find [KEYWORD]
Example: ‘find book’ - To find tasks that have the keyword ‘book’ in it.

Exit the program: bye

Exits the program. All tasks added will be saved in the hard disk.
Format: bye
Example: