Command Line Usage

sncli [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [COMMAND_ARGS]

Options

<none>

Open sncli in the console GUI.

-c <file>
--config=<file>

Sets the configuration used by sncli. The default is $HOME/.snclirc. See Example Configuration.

-h
--help

View sncli options and subcommands.

-k <key>
--key=<key>

Idenifies a note by its key.

-n
--nosync

Prevent sncli from performing a server sync.

-r
--regex

This will cause sncli search strings as a regular expression. See Search Styles for more.

-t <title>
--title=<title>

If creating a new note from stdin, this will allow you to set the title to <title>.

-v
--verbose

Displays the command’s verbose output.

Commands

Notes

create

Opens a new note in the editor.

echo [your note content here] | sncli -t <title> create -

Note

Creating a note from stdin is the only command that accepts -t <title>.

dump

Dump notes in plain text format to stdin.

sncli dump
sncli -k <key> dump
sncli dump [search_string]
sncli -r dump [search_string]
edit

Opens the specific note in the editor..

sncli -k <key> edit
export

Export notes in JSON to stdin.

sncli -k <key> export
sncli export [search_string]
sncli -r export [search_string]
import

Import a JSON formatted note.

Fields are: content; tags; systemTags; modificationDate; creationDate; deleted

echo '{"tags":["testing","new"],"content":"New note!"}' | sncli import -
list

List all notes by key [flags] title.

sncli list [search_string]
sncli list -r [search_string]
sync

Performs a full, bi-directional sync between the local notes cache and the Simplenote server.

Flags

pin | unpin

Pin or unpin a specific note.

sncli -k <key> pin
sncli -k <key> unpin
markdown | unmarkdown

Add or remove the markdown as the note’s file type.

sncli -k <key> markdown
sncli -k <key> unmarkdown
trash | untrash

Move a note to or from trash.

sncli -k <key> trash
sncli -k <key> untrash

Tags

tag <add|get|rm|set>

Manage your note’s tags.

sncli -k <key> tag add <tags>

Add tag <text> to a specific note.

sncli -k <key> tag get

List the tags of a specific note in stdin.

sncli -k <key> tag rm <tags>

Remove tag <tags> from a specific note.

sncli -k <key> tag set <tags>

Set <tags> as tags for a specific note.

Note

tag set will overwrite all previous tags for the specific note.