User Guide

Duke is a task scheduler to help you manage your tasks, to be used via a Command Line Interface (CLI).

Content Page

• Quick start
• Features
  • Adding a task
    • todo: todo
    • event: event
    • deadline: deadline
  • Listing: list
  • Marking a task as done: done
  • Deleting a task: delete
  • Searching for tasks: find
  • Exit programme: bye
• Command Summary

1 Quick start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed on your computer.
2. Download the latest ip.jar file.
3. Copy the file to your desired folder.
4. Using command prompt, use cd to navigate to the folder.
5. Run the .jar file in command prompt by entering java -jar ip.jar
6. Refer to the guide below for details of each command.

2 Features

2.1 Add Task

Add 3 different kinds of tasks to the list.

Usage:

todo [description] - Add todo task

Add a todo task to the task list.

Example of usage:

todo read book

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
  [T][ ] read book
Now you have 1 tasks in the list
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event [description] /at [event time] - Add event task

Add an event task in the task list.

Example of usage:

event project meeting /at Thursday 3-6pm

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
  [E][ ] project meeting (at: Thursday 3-6pm)
Now you have 2 tasks in the list
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deadline [description] /by [deadline time] - Add deadline task

Add a deadline task in the task list.

Example of usage:

deadline return book /by June 6th

Expected outcome:

Got it. I've added this task:
  [D][ ] return book (by: June 6th)
Now you have 3 tasks in the list
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2.2 List

Show all existing tasks from the list.

Usage:

list - View list of tasks

Expected outcome:

Here are the tasks in your list:
1. [T][ ] read book
2. [E][ ] project meeting (at: Thursday 3-6pm)
3. [D][ ] return book (by: June 6th)
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2.3 Marking Task as Done

Mark a task in the task list as done based on the index of the task.

Usage:

done [index] - Mark the task as done specify by index

Example of usage:

done 2

Expected outcome:

 Nice! I've marked this task as done:
  [E][X] project meeting (at: Thursday 3-6pm)
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2.4 Deleting a Task

delete [index] - Deletes a task in the task list based on the index of the task.

Usage:

Example of usage:

delete 1

Expected outcome:

Noted. I've removed this task:
  [T][ ] read book
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2.5 Searching for tasks

Find a list of tasks in the task list that containing the keyword given.

Usage:

find [keyword] - Find tasks by keyword

Example of usage:

find book

Expected outcome:

Here are the matching tasks in your list:
1. [D][ ] return book (by: June 6th)
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2.6 Exiting the program

Print goodbye message and end the program.

Usage:

bye - Exit the program

Example of usage:

bye

Expected outcome:

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Bye! Have a nice day.
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3. Summary

Command	Description
todo [description]	Adds a todo task with description
deadline [description] /by [deadline time]	Adds a deadline task with description and deadline
event [description] /at [event time]	Adds an event task with description and event time
delete [index]	Deletes index of task
done [index]	Mark index of task as done
find [keyword]	Find the specified keyword from the list of tasks
list	Display the current list of tasks
bye	Exits the program