Task Tracker CLI

This command-line interface (CLI) script allows you to manage tasks efficiently using a JSON file as a database. You can add, update, delete tasks, change task status, and list tasks directly from the terminal.

Installation

Windows

Create a batch file

Edit the included .bat file in the 'windows' directory to run the script as a command without the .py extension. Replace the file path with the full path to your script.

Add the batch file to PATH

Place the .bat file in a directory that is already included in your system's PATH environment variable (e.g., C:\Windows\System32). This allows you to run the script from anywhere without specifying the full path.

Unix-based Systems

Make the script executable

Save the script, e.g., tasktracker.py.

Open your terminal and run:

chmod +x tasktracker.py

Move the script to a directory in PATH

Move the script to a directory that is included in your PATH (e.g., /usr/local/bin):

sudo mv tasktracker.py /usr/local/bin/tasktracker

Now, you can run the script by typing tasktracker from any directory.

Usage

Adding a task

To add a task pass in the 'add' action as an argument followed by the task description.

tasktracker add "New Task"

Updating a task

To update a task pass in the 'update' action as an argument followed by the task ID and a description.

tasktracker update 1 "Updated Task"

Deleting a task

To delete a task pass in the 'delete' action as an argument followed by the task ID.

tasktracker delete 1

Changing task status

To change a tasks status pass in the 'mark-in-progress' or 'mark-done' actions as desired followed by the task ID.

tasktracker mark-in-progress 1 tasktracker mark-done 1

Listing all tasks

To list all tasks pass in the 'list' action.

tasktracker list

Listing tasks by status

To list tasks by status pass in the 'list' action followed by a status, one of 'todo', 'in-progress', or 'done'.

tasktracker list done

See project requirements here.