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.TH "pilot-read-expenses" 1 "Copyright 1996-2007 FSF" "0.12.5" "PILOT-LINK"
.SH NAME
pilot-read-expenses \- Export Palm Expense application data in a text format.
.SH "SECTION"

.PP
pilot\-link: Userland conduits

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.PP
 \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-port\fR <\fBport\fR>] [\fB\-q\fR|\fB\-\-quiet\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-?\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-usage\fR] [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-write\fR]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
 \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR is used to output the Expense data in a simple text format, which can be used to import into any other application you wish, such as Excel or other application\&.

.PP
If you have expense entries saved on your Palm in the ExpenseDB\&.pdb file, you can export them to a simple text format, and redirect that to a file/pipe, or STDOUT (the default) using \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR\&.

.PP
The output data will resemble something like the following:

.nf

            Category: Unfiled Type:   5 Payment:   7 Currency:  23 Amount: 400\&.00 Vendor: Super Salads City: Westerly
            Attendees: Joe, Mary, Bob Note: Some simple note text Date: Fri May 9 00:00:00 2004
        
.fi

.SH "OPTIONS"

.SS "pilot-read-expenses option"

                        \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-write\fR
                    
.PP
Write out the expense data

.SS "Conduit Options"

                        \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-port\fR \fIport\fR
                    
.PP
Use device file <\fIport\fR> to communicate with the Palm handheld\&. If this is not specified, \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR will look for the \fI $PILOTPORT \fR environment variable\&. If neither are found or supplied, \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR will print the usage information\&.

                        \fB\-q\fR, 
                        \fB\-\-quiet\fR
                    
.PP
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

                        \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
                    
.PP
Display version of \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR and exit without connecting\&.

.SS "Help Options"

                        \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
                    
.PP
Display the help synopsis for \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR and exit without connecting\&.

                        \fB\-\-usage\fR 
                    
.PP
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting\&.

.SH "AUTHOR"

.PP
 \fIpilot\-read\-expenses\fR was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski\&.

.PP
This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp\&.co\&.uk> 

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"

.PP
We have an online bug tracker\&. Using this is the only way to ensure that your bugs are recorded and that we can track them until they are resolved or closed\&. Reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very useful in terms of accountability\&. Please point your browser to http://bugs\&.pilot\-link\&.org: \fIhttp://bugs.pilot-link.org\fR and report your bugs and issues there\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
 \fIpilot\-link\fR(7)

.SH "COPYRIGHT"

.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version\&.

.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE\&. See the GNU General Public License for more details\&.

.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc\&., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110\-1301, USA\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
 \fIinstall\-expenses\fR (1), \fIpilot\-link\fR(7)\&.