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 Some shortcuts available are:
 
-* today - Shortcut for display with start date as the current day
+`today` - Shortcut for display with start date as the current day
 
     t today [--ids] [--format FMT] [SHEET | all]
 
-* yesterday - Shortcut for display with start and end dates as the day before the current day
+`yesterday` - Shortcut for display with start and end dates as the day before the current day
 
     t yesterday [--ids] [--format FMT] [SHEET | all]
 
-* week - Entries of this week so far. The default start of the week is Monday
+`week` - Entries of this week so far. The default start of the week is Monday
   (configurable).
 
     t week [--ids] [--end DATE] [--format FMT] [SHEET | all]
 
-* month - Entries of this month of a specified one.
+`month` - Entries of this month of a specified one.
 
     t month [--ids] [--start MONTH] [--format FMT] [SHEET | all]