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$ sudo gem install ppl
$ ppl init ~/contacts
ppl init is just like creating a Git repo
$ cd ~/contacts
$ ppl add alice "Alice Adams"
$ ppl add bob "Bob Brown"
$ ppl add eve "Eve Edwards"
ppl add creates new contacts in the address book
$ ppl email alice alice@example.org
$ ppl phone bob 0123456789
$ ppl org eve "Red Hat"
ppl has many commands for adding new properties to contacts. Further information is available in the documentation
$ echo "[address book]" > ~/.pplconfig
$ echo path = "`pwd`" >> ~/.pplconfig
This tells ppl to let you keep working with this address book even after
you cd
into another directory