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Read Notes

You can list all your notes or read a specific one by its ID.

List All Notes

Use the --read flag or -r to list all your stored notes in a table format.

bash
notely-cli --read
notely-cli -r

Preview

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╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 NOTES 2 notes
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╭──────────┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────╮
 ID Title Created At
├──────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
 5e7b62637│ my awesome note updated Feb 23 3:21 AM
├──────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
 73ad43984│ my awesome note Feb 23 3:26 AM
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Run notely-cli -r <id> to view details

Read a Specific Note

To read a specific note, provide its unique ID after the flag. This will show the full content of that note.

bash
notely-cli --read 5e7b62637
notely-cli -r 5e7b62637

Preview

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╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 NOTE DETAIL
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐

  my awesome note updated

  ────────────────────────────────────────

  this is my awesome cli note app updated

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  ID 5e7b62637
  Created Feb 23, 2026 3:21 AM
  Updated Feb 23, 2026 3:38 AM

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