backdown people

backdown people [OPTIONS] [Q]

Arguments#

[Q]

Only people whose name, address or paths contain this.

Options#

--json

Print it as JSON, for scripts.

Also takes the global options --db and --local.

Good to know#

A person is whoever has a mailbox in a mail server's store or a Maildir of their own, a Nextcloud account, a home folder, an identity in a Thunderbird profile, or is the contact a website's configuration names. The same address on two drives is one person: mailboxes, accounts and homes are gathered under one name, with how much there is of each. Nothing is read from inside messages or files; names come from paths, prefs.js, configuration.php and .env files.

Examples#

backdown people
# one person, by name, address or login
backdown people alice
backdown people --json > people.json

See also#

• People and databases
• backdown entities