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Sat 02 December 2023

Vit aliases to view tasks over different periods

Posted by ankur in Tech (184 words, approximately a 1 minute read)


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I use Vit as a terminal interface to view my Taskwarrior tasks. In a terminal, that's just running the vit command. Sometimes, one doesn't want to look at the full list, though. I usually have a few "views" of my tasks which give me a better idea of my work load. I add them to my ~/.bashrc so they're available as commands. Here they are. They're very simple, and should be modified to suit one's workflow:

# filters common to all functions
TASK_FILTERS=""
# all tasks
vit-tl ()
{
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS}
}
# tasks due before the end of the day
vit-tl-today () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:eod'
}
# tasks due before the end of the week
vit-tl-this-week () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:eow'
}
# tasks due before the end of the month
vit-tl-this-month () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:eom'
}
# tasks due in a week
vit-tl-in-a-week () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:1w'
}
# tasks due in a month
vit-tl-in-a-month () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:1m'
}
# tasks due in six months
vit-tl-in-six-months () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:6m'
}
# tasks due in a year
vit-tl-in-a-year () {
    vit ${TASK_FILTERS} 'due.by:1y'
}
# next N tasks (2 by default)
vit-next () {
    echo "Active tasks:"
    echo
    task active
    echo
    echo
    echo "Next ${1:-2} tasks:"
    echo
    task ${TASK_FILTERS} limit:"${1:-2}"
    echo
    echo
}

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