Adding Tasks with priority: If you have important tasks We can add that as a priority tasks. Supported priority parameters are : H (high), M (medium), and L (low).
$ task add priority:H Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server Created task 5.
Sample Output:
$ task list
ID Age P Due Description Urg
3 4min 2017-04-06 Call to Bank 8.6
4 1min 2017-04-12 Pay the rent 5.86
5 5s H Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 6
1 8min Want to speak with mum 0
2 7min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
5 tasks
Adding Tasks with project: We can group related tasks as a project to handle the tasks more efficiently. In my scenario, I’m re-configuring Easyapache4 & Multiple PHP in server, so we can group them for better handling.
$ task add project:Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 Created task 6. The project 'Server' has changed. Project 'Server' is 0% complete (1 task remaining). $ task add project:Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP Created task 7. The project 'Server' has changed. Project 'Server' is 0% complete (2 of 2 tasks remaining).
Print project based Tasks: Use the following command to print project based Tasks
$ task list pro:Server ID Age Project Description Urg 6 2min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1 7 1min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1 2 tasks
Adding Tag to tasks: If you want to add a tag to tasks for more clarity. Use the following format.
$ task add +Linux +Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 Created task 8.
Print tasks based on tag: Use the following command to print tasks based on tag.
$ task list +Linux ID Age Tags Description Urg 8 1min Linux Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.9 1 task
Adding Recurrence Tasks: If you have recurrence tasks, use the following format to create.
$ task add due:eom recur:monthly Pay Mobile bills Created task 9 (recurrence template).
Sample Output:
$ task list
ID Age P Project Tags R Due Description Urg
3 26min 2017-04-06 Call to Bank 8.61
4 23min 2017-04-12 Pay the rent 5.87
10 - R 2017-04-30 Pay Mobile bills 2.4
5 22min H Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 6
8 2min Linux Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.9
1 31min Want to speak with mum 0
2 29min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
6 20min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1
7 19min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1
9 tasks
Creating recurring task instance 'Pay Mobile bills'
Close the Recurrence Tasks: Additionally if you want to specify the end of the recurrence period, use the following format to create.
$ task add due:eom recur:monthly until:eoy Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server Created task 11 (recurrence template).
Sample Output:
$ task list
ID Age P Project Tags R Due Until Description Urg
3 28min 2017-04-06 Call to Bank 8.61
4 26min 2017-04-12 Pay the rent 5.87
10 2min R 2017-04-30 Pay Mobile bills 2.4
12 1min R 2017-04-30 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4
5 24min H Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 6
8 5min Linux Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.9
1 33min Want to speak with mum 0
2 32min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
6 23min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1
7 22min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1
10 tasks
Creating recurring task instance 'Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server'
Modify/Edit Tasks
If you forget to add something in tasks, don’t worry we can use modify to include the missed things. For example, I have missed to include due date for Server Setup project, now I’m going to insert the details. Make sure you should have a tasks ID to modify it.
$ task 5 modify due:eom Modifying task 5 'Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server'. Modified 1 task.
Sample Output:
$ task list
ID Age P Project Tags R Due Until Description Urg
3 30min 2017-04-06 Call to Bank 8.61
4 28min 2017-04-12 Pay the rent 5.87
5 26min H 2017-04-30 Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 8.4
10 4min R 2017-04-30 Pay Mobile bills 2.4
12 2min R 2017-04-30 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4
8 6min Linux Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.9
1 35min Want to speak with mum 0
2 33min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
6 25min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1
7 23min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1
10 tasks
Also you can remove anything from the tasks with help of modify. For example, we are going to remove tag from task 8.
$ task 8 modify -Server Modifying task 8 'Reconfigure Easyapache4'. Modified 1 task.
Sample Output:
$ task list
ID Age P Project Tags R Due Until Description Urg
3 38min 2017-04-06 Call to Bank 8.61
4 35min 2017-04-12 Pay the rent 5.87
5 34min H 2017-04-30 Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 8.4
10 11min R 2017-04-30 Pay Mobile bills 2.4
12 10min R 2017-04-30 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4
8 14min Linux Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.8
1 43min Want to speak with mum 0
2 41min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
6 32min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1
7 31min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1
10 tasks
Print the tasks based on Priority
By default taskwarrior print the output based on the task modification time and date. So, you might have miss the priority tasks to complete on time. If you want to figure it out the priority tasks, just Use next option which used to print the output based on the tasks priority.
$ task next
ID Age P Project Tag Recur Due Until Description Urg
3 41min H 3w Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 8.4
2 43min 6d Pay the rent 5.87
8 19min P30D 3w Pay Mobile bills 2.4
10 17min P30D 3w 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4
4 40min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1
5 38min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1
6 21min Linux Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.8
1 48min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
8 tasks
How to use Filter ?
Use filters to print the tasks list which you want to see exactly.
Show tasks which I added in the last 4 days.
$ task entry.after:today-4days list
ID Age P Project Tags R Due Until Description Urg
2 45min 2017-04-12 Pay the rent 5.87
3 43min H 2017-04-30 Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 8.4
8 21min R 2017-04-30 Pay Mobile bills 2.4
10 19min R 2017-04-30 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4
6 23min Linux Reconfigure Easyapache4 0.8
1 50min I have a meeting at 7.00 pm 0
I have a training session at 7.30 pm
Dinner at 9.00 pm
4 42min Server Reconfigure Easyapache4 1
5 40min Server Reconfigure Multiple PHP 1
8 tasks
Show tasks which I added by today.
$ task entry:today list
How to use Search ?
When we have more tasks, we can use search to print particular tasks. We can search tasks based on patterns, keywords & Regular Expressions.
Search with keyword
$ task /Renew/ list ID Age R Due Until Description Urg 10 23min R 2017-04-30 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4 1 task
Search with pattern
$ task description~Renew list ID Age R Due Until Description Urg 10 23min R 2017-04-30 9mo Renew 2daygeek Cloud Server 2.4 1 task
Search with Regular Expressions
$ task '/.* cPanel/' list ID Age P Due Description Urg 3 49min H 2017-04-30 Reconfigure Easyapache4 in cPanel server 8.4 1 task
Print Graph Reports :
Taskwarrier has built in graph reports. We can get the reports based on daily, weekly, monthly, and annual.
Shows a graphical burn down chart, by day.
$ task burndown.daily
$ task burndown.daily
Daily Burndown ()
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16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05
Mar Apr
Net Fix Rate: -
Estimated completion: No convergence
Shows a graphical burndown chart, by week.
$ task burndown.weekly
Shows a graphical burndown chart, by month.
$ task burndown.monthly
Start a task
When you are going to work on a particular task, i would advise you to kick start the task for easy identification.
$ task 3 start Starting task 3 'Call to Bank'. Started 1 task.
Stop the task
Once you done the active task, just run stop.
$ task 3 stop Stopping task 3 'Call to Bank'. Stopped 1 task.
Complete the task
If you successfully completed the task, just run done to make the task completed.
$ task 3 done Completed task 3 'Want to speak with mum'. Completed 3 task. You have more urgent tasks.
Print completed tasks
Run completed report to get the list of tasks which i completed as of now.
$ task completed ID UUID Created Completed Age Due Description - 24154727 2017-04-05 2017-04-05 54min Want to speak with mum - acbabff4 2017-04-05 2017-04-05 49min 2017-04-06 Call to Bank 2 tasks
Delete the task
If you don’t want the task anymore, just run delete to remove the task from Taskwarrier.
$ task 6 delete Delete task 6 'Reconfigure Easyapache4'? (yes/no) yes Deleting task 6 'Reconfigure Easyapache4'. Deleted 1 task.
Also we can remove the completed task by passing UUID values.
$ task 6 delete Delete task 6 'Reconfigure Easyapache4'? (yes/no) yes Deleting task 6 'Reconfigure Easyapache4'. Deleted 1 task.
Wanna read more about Taskwarrier
If you want to know more option which is available for Taskwarrier, simply navigate to man page.
# man task
