REMIND(1) User Commands REMIND(1)

remind - simple reminder manager

remind [-c] [-a TEXT] [-d N]

remind is a small program to manage personal reminders stored in $HOME/.local/state/remind/reminders.

Reminders are stored as plain text, one per line. The design is inspired by the classic mail(1) program in BSD Unix: simple commands, plain text storage, and direct editing.

Check reminders. Prints the current list of reminders to stdout.

Add a new reminder line containing TEXT. If TEXT contains spaces, quote it.

Delete reminder at line number N (1-based).

(no options)
Open the reminders file in $EDITOR for manual editing. If no $EDITOR is set, use vi.

$HOME/.local/state/remind/reminders
Storage location of reminders. 

remind -a "Buy milk"
    

remind -c
    

remind -d 2
    

remind
    

echo 'remind -c' >> ~/.zshrc

mail(1), nvim(1), man(1)

The remind utility first appeared in 2025. It was inspired by mail(1) in BSD Unix.

Divan Visagie, 2025.