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+If you've got a file called @todo.txt@ on your computer right now, you're in the right place. Countless software applications and web sites can manage your to-do list with all sorts of bells and whistles. But if you don't want to depend on someone else's data format or someone else's server, a plain text file is the way to go.
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+Problem is, you don't want to launch a full-blown text editor every time you need to add an item to your to-do list, or mark one that's already there as complete. With a simple but powerful shell script called @todo.sh@, you can interact with @todo.txt@ at the command line for quick and easy, Unix-y access.
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 h2. Getting Started
 
 * [[Quick Start Guide]] -- how to download and install Todo.txt CLI