displaying tasks with today's deadline in org mode

Question

I was looking to display tasks with today's deadline but couldn't find anything helpful.

How do I achieve being able to see / arrange tasks and todo's based on date when I have actually written them down based on task type.

One example is :

* TOPIC :  SOMETHING SOMETHING SYSTEM
** TODO Get the documentation ready
   DEADLINE: <2013-04-04 Thu>

There are several such TODO's in each topic and several topics.

Answer 1

Ensure the file with the item is in org-agenda-files .

You can add it to the agenda using Cc [ and check to ensure it is included using Ch v org-agenda-files RET