Basic Usage

Start Fresh

Create the config and database:

$ dob init

Launch the interactive editor:

$ dob edit

Upgrade Hamster

If you’ve been using Legacy Hamster, you can upgrade your existing database, and then run the interactive editor:

$ legacy_db="~/.local/share/hamster-applet/hamster.db"
$ dob store upgrade-legacy "$legacy_db"
$ dob edit

More Help

dob recognizes standard CLI flags, such as --help:

$ dob -h
Usage: dob [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  dob is a time tracker for the command line.

  ...

Show Paths

To see the path to the configuration file and data store, use the details command:

$ dob details
You are running dob version 3.0.0
Configuration file at: /home/user/.config/dob/dob.conf
Plugins directory at: /home/user/.config/dob/plugins
Logfile stored at: /home/user/.cache/dob/log/dob.log
Reports exported to: /home/user/.local/share/dob/export.{format}
Using sqlite on database: /home/user/.local/share/dob/dob.sqlite