Commands
ppl phone Manual Page
Name
ppl phone - List, show or change phone numbers
Synopsis
ppl phone
ppl phone <contact>
ppl phone <contact> <phone-number>
ppl phone <contact> <phone-number>
-d, --delete delete phone number
-t, --type <type> set the number's type
-p, --preferred mark as preferred
-P, --not-preferred mark as not preferred
Description
With no arguments, the phone numbers of each contact in the address book are listed.
If a <contact> is specified, the phone number of that contact is shown.
If both a <contact> and a <phone-number> are given, then the number is added
to the contact’s phone numbers.
It the --delete or -d flag is set, then the given <phone-number> is
deleted from the specified <contact>.
Use the --type <type> option to assign a type to the phone number. You can use
this option both when adding a new number or to amend an existing number.
The --preferred and --not-preferred flags are for marking a given phone
number as “preferred” or not. Internally, this status is represented with
vCard’s TYPE=pref parameter in the TEL field. Preferred phone numbers are
shown with a * next to them in the output of ppl phone <contact>.
Examples
$ ppl phone jdoe 0123456789 --type cell
$ ppl phone adam 0777111222
$ ppl phone jdoe
0123456789 (cell)
$ ppl phone
adam: 0777111222
jdoe: 0123456789