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A local database with a command line interface? (sqlite?) (lemy.lol)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all,

I am looking for a local database that is easily accessible via the command line.

It can be SQL or non-SQL

Whats my use case? I want to use it kinda like a second brain. A place to save ~~my notes~~, my todo lists, my book reading lists, links / articles to read later, etc.

I want it to be a good CLI citizen so that I can script its commands to create simpler abstractions, rather than writing out the full queries every time.

Maybe sqlite is what I need, but is that ideal for my use case?

Edit: removed notes, as evidently they aren't suitable for this and aren't like the rest.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Counter-proposal: Perhaps use Obsidian instead?

[–] Brewchin 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I second this, as it's my use case.

Providing you lay out each note correctly with appropriate frontmatter, Dataview's DQL and DataviewJS give you all the SQL-like functionality you could want.

Plus a load of useful functionality beyond a plain DB.

[–] asap 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Add in the local REST API as well if you want to easily interact with your notes programmatically:

https://github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api

[–] Brewchin 5 points 4 months ago

Had no idea about this. Very useful, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want something I can use from the command line, so that I can integrate and interface it with other unix tools and scripts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As far as I can tell, you can do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow that's pretty cool. From my understanding this is good for notes, but would it work for tasks / todos?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It has a huge number of plugins - this is a list of the productivity ones. You'd need to do some reading to see if it has what you require.