Deleting and renaming a category

You can delete a category by just calling hlg with the --delete-category option.

A delete operation must always be followed by the name of the category you wish to delete.

You cannot delete a category set as a default or a home-linked category.[1] hlg will disobey that command and remind you of that danger.

This same rule applies to renaming:

  • To rename a category, you pass in the name of the category to be renamed along with the suggested new name for that category.

  • You call hlg with the --rename-category option;

  • For example, to rename the “electronics” category to “gadgets”, we do it like this:

    hlg --rename electronics gadgets

  • You cannot rename a default category to something else.

  • Remember that instead of the long option, you can use the -r short option.

To delete a category, you pass in the --delete-category or -d option like this:

hlg --delete-category electronics

Just remember that hlg will not delete or rename categories it is referencing. Hence, the default and the home-linked categories cannot be deleted or renamed unless you make some changes in the configuration file and assign other categories the default or home-linked category status.

These categories are what we call the safe categories, so they cannot be modified as long as they are in use.

1. Remember a home-linked category is that category referenced in the main home bookmark in the configuration file.