You'll probably want to store the new foods you make. You'll usually do this using the --add or -a option. This option takes a single FILENAME argument. FILENAME can be almost any name you want. For now, though, it should not end in .xml, .zip, or .txt--we'll learn about what these extensions do later. If FILENAME does not already exist, pantry will create it for you; if the file already exists, the foods in the buffer will be added to the file.

Two identical foods cannot exist in a single file. Two foods are identical if all their traits are identical. When you add a food to a file and there is already an identical food in the file, Pantry will alter the comment trait of the food you are adding by appending (Copy 1), (Copy 2), etc.

$ pantry --name "Bananas, raw" --add newfile --print traits \
> master
Bananas, raw
Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices
Refuse: 36 percent Skin
100 g (100g)

$ pantry --print traits newfile
Bananas, raw
Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices
Refuse: 36 percent Skin
100 g (100g)

Another way to store the changes you make is by using the --edit option. --edit searches for foods and makes changes that you specify. Unlike --add, --edit does not add the changed foods to a new file; instead, it changes already existing foods, in the same file.

$ pantry --name "Bananas, raw" --c-name "Bananas, big \
> yellow" --edit --print traits master
Bananas, big yellow
Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices
Refuse: 36 percent Skin
100 g (100g)

$ pantry --name Bananas --print traits-blank master
Bananas, big yellow
Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices
Refuse: 36 percent Skin
100 g (100g)

Bananas, dehydrated, or banana powder
Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices
100 g (100g)

Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG'S, CORN FLAKES With Real Bananas
Group: Breakfast Cereals
100 g (100g)

Finally, you may delete foods from the original files with the --delete option.

$ pantry --name "Bananas, big yellow" --print traits --delete \
> master
Bananas, big yellow
Group: Fruits and Fruit Juices
Refuse: 36 percent Skin
100 g (100g)

$ pantry --name "Bananas, big yellow" --print traits master