Duke Chat Bot User Guide

Duke is a Command Line Interface (CLI) app which allows you to store 3 types of task; todo, deadline, event.
Designed for fast typer which allows you to store, find, and mark personal tasks effortlessly.

---

Content Table

1. Setting up

2. Features
   2.1 Adding To-do Task [todo]
   2.2 Adding Event Task [event]
   2.3 Adding Task with a Deadline [deadline]
   2.4 Listing out all your tasks [list]
   2.5 Deleting a Task from list [delete]
   2.6 Completing a task [done]
   2.7 Finding tasks [find]
   2.8 Terminate the program [bye]

3. Commands Summary

---

Setting up

Prerequisites

• JDK 11 or above
• Download the latest release here.
• Permission rights to create a file and folder in machine

1. Start up your terminal and locate the file path of duke.jar

2. Enter the following commands to run the app

java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar duke.jar  

Correct Output Result:

-----------------------------------------------------------  
Version: DUKE 0.2
Hello! I'm Duke.
What can I do for you?  
-----------------------------------------------------------  
Enter command:  

3. You should see a new folder named "data-folder" and inside folder will contain a "tasks.txt" which have been created by Duke app. Your data will be store in the file.

Refer to the Features section for the different command features of the Duke app.

---

Features

Adding To-do Task: todo

Adding a To-Do type of task to the list with its description.

Format: todo <description>  

Example:

• todo submission CS2113 project
• todo 3 math assignments

Adding Event Task: event

Adding a Event type of task to the list with its description, together with the event date and time.
Date and time entered must follow the following format accordingly.

Format: event <description> /at <dd/MM/YYYY HH:mm>  

Example:

• event Tom's Wedding Dinner /at 04/10/2020 19:30
• event Math Project dicussion /at 01/10/2020 10:00

Adding Task with a Deadline: deadline

Adding a Deadline type of task to the list with its description and its due date. Date format must follow the following format accordingly.

Format: deadline <description> /by <dd/MM/YYYY>  

Example:

• deadline online submission /by 11/11/2020
• deadline Capstone Project presentation /by 04/03/2022

Listing out all your tasks: list

List out all tasks which added in the list or stored earlier in the data file. The numbering is the index of each task.

[T] represents To-do task type [E] represents Event task type [D] represents Deadline task type [✘] represents the status of the task is uncompleted [✓] represents the status of the task is completed

Tasks are indexed according to the order in which the tasks were added to the list.

 Format: list

Deleting a Task from list: delete

Removing an existing task from the list with the given index in numerical value.

Format: delete <index>

Example:

• delete 3
• delete 1

Completing a task: done

Changing the status to done with the selected task index in numerical value.

 Format: done <index>

Example:

• done 2
• done 1

Finding tasks: find

Finding all tasks which contain the keyword required.

 Format: find <keyword>

Example:

• find submission
• find math projects

Terminate the program: bye

Terminating and exits the app.

 Format: bye

Commands Summary

Command	Format	Example
todo	todo <description>	todo submit assignment
event	event <description> /at <dd/MM/YYYY HH:mm>	event Tom's Wedding /at 04/10/2020 19:30
deadline	deadline <description> /by <dd/MM/YYYY>	deadline Final submission /by 03/10/2022
delete	delete <index>	delete 1
done	done <index>	done 3
find	find <keyword>	find submission
bye	bye	bye