diff --git a/clikan.sh b/clikan.sh
index efba6a0..4c03266 100755
--- a/clikan.sh
+++ b/clikan.sh
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ repline(){
  done
 }
 
+# put waiting cards of today or older into doing state
+dotodays(){
+ echo :: yet unimplemented
+}
+
 showhelp(){ cat <<EOH
 $0 : command line kanban
   ($ver)
@@ -223,6 +228,7 @@ command keys:
  f F: filter cards for grep pattern F (empty='.')
  p: show planning (time scheduling) for active (doing) cards containing
     @YYMMDD/U.U target date (YYMMDD) and expected duration (U.U)
+ t: search waiting cards with target date of today or older and put them into doing state 
  h N U.U [[YY]MMDD]: update expected duration for card N and
     optionally set new target date [YY]MMDD
     (asks for date if card is missing @YYMMDD)
@@ -259,6 +265,11 @@ datnum() {
  echo $dn
 }
 
+# extract tepatt from argument
+getsdate() {
+   echo "$*" | sed -e "s/.*$tepatt.*/\1/"
+}
+
 showall doing
 showprompt
 
@@ -276,6 +287,7 @@ q) break ;;
 d) showall doing ;;
 w) showall waiting/todo/backlog ;;
 a) showall archived/done ;;
+t) dotodays ;;
 do|wait|done) if test "$coa1" = ""
   then echo "card number?"
    read coa1