read-expenses(1)

NAME
read-expenses - Connect to the Palm handheld and dump the Expense application data in a simple format

SYNOPSIS
If you have expense entries saved on your Palm in the ExpenseDB.pdb file, you can dump them to a simple text format, and redirect that to a file/pipe, or STDOUT (the default) using read-expenses. The syntax is: read-expenses [-p <port>] The output data will resemble something like the following:
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 2003

DESCRIPTION
read-expenses 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.

OPTIONS

-p, --port <port>
    Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If both are not found or supplied, install-expenses will fall back to /dev/pilot.

-h, --help
    Display the help synopsis for pi-getram.

-v, --version
    Display version of pi-getram.

USAGE
Connect to a target Palm handheld and dump the Expense data.

BUGS

KNOWN BUGS

    read-expenses has no known bugs at this time.

REPORTING BUGS

    Report bugs at http://bugs.pilot-link.org/

AUTHOR
read-expenses was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

SEE ALSO
pilot-link(7)