Export notes

Every note in nf has a number — you see it in nf list. Export saves plain .txt files to a folder you can open in one click.

Where files are saved

~/Downloads/nfExports/
├── note-1.txt
├── note-5.txt
└── notes-2026-06-05.txt

On your machine that might look like /home/you/Downloads/nfExports/. The folder is created on your first export. It does not matter which terminal directory you are in — exports always go here.

Different folder? export NF_EXPORT_DIR=~/Documents/nf before exporting.

One note

$ nf list
 1  2026-06-01  docker system prune -af
 2  2026-06-02  refactor auth before friday
 3  2026-06-03  ss -tulpn | grep LISTEN

$ nf export 3
Exported note 3 to /home/you/Downloads/nfExports/note-3.txt

Single-note files contain the note text only (no date line).

Several notes

$ nf export 1 3 5

Creates three files inside nfExports/.

All notes at once

$ nf export all
Exported all notes to .../nfExports/notes-2026-06-05.txt

Full backup — every line as stored (date + text).

Quick reference

• nf export 5 — ~/Downloads/nfExports/note-5.txt
• nf export 2 7 10 — three files in the same folder
• nf export all — nfExports/notes-YYYY-MM-DD.txt
• Your notes file — still at ~/.local/share/nf/notes (exports are copies for sharing)