After you have completed your Foods Text file, you can use it just as you would any other Pantry file. Here is an example:
Example 6.2. Using a Foods Text file
$
pantry --print traits-units-blank foods.txt
Blueberries, raw Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices Order: 0005 Refuse: 5 percent Stems and green or spoiled berries 5 oz (142g) pint as purchased, yields cup Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A Group: Cereal and Milk Date: 2007-06-30 Meal: Breakfast Order: 0003 1.0 cup (244g) quart fl oz cup Papayas, raw Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices Order: 0004 Refuse: 33 percent Seeds and skin 1 medium (5-1/8" long x 3" dia) (304g) small (4-1/2" long x 2-3/4" dia) medium (5-1/8" long x 3" dia) cup, mashed cup, cubes large (5-3/4" long x 3-1/4" dia)
The nice thing about Foods Text files is that although you can edit them with your text editor, you can also manipulate them using ordinary Pantry commands. For example:
Example 6.3. Changing a Foods Text file
$
pantry --name "Apples, raw, with skin" --c-date "April \
>
15" --c-qty 1 --c-unit medium --add foods.txt master
$
cat foods.txt
#source:name:qty:unit:date:meal:group:comment:options #Options: x=exact match; i=ignore case master:Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A:1.0:cup:2007-06-30:Breakfast:Cereal and Milk::x master:Papayas:1:medium master:blueberries, raw:5:oz:::::i master:Apples, raw, with skin:1:medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb):April 15::Fruits and Fruit Juices::x
As you can see, when you add foods to a Foods Text
file using pantry, appropriate text
is added to the end of the file. However, beware that
if you change the name of the food using the
--c-name
option, Pantry will not be
able to locate the food in the source file. You can,
however, change any of the other traits, although Pantry
will override any changes you make to the
order
trait because the
order
trait is automatically set to
the line number of the food. Thus the
--auto-order
option has no effect when
using Foods Text files.