NAME¶
recsel - print records from a recfile
SYNOPSIS¶
recsel [
OPTION]... [
-t TYPE] [
-n INDEXES | -e
RECORD_EXPR | -q EXPR | -m NUM] [
-c | (-p|-P) FIELD_EXPR]
[
FILE]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Select and print rec data.
- -d, --include-descriptors
- print record descriptors along with the matched
records.
- -C, --collapse
- do not section the result in records with newlines.
- -S, --sort=FIELD
- sort the output by the specified field.
- -U, --uniq
- remove duplicated fields in the output records.
- -s, --password=STR
- decrypt confidential fields with the given password.
- --help
- print a help message and exit.
- --version
- show version and exit.
Record selection options:¶
- -i, --case-insensitive
- make strings case-insensitive in selection
expressions.
- -t, --type=TYPE
- operate on records of the specified type only.
- -e, --expression=EXPR
- selection expression.
- -q, --quick=STR
- select records with fields containing a string.
- -n, --number=NUM,...
- select specific records by position, with ranges.
- -R, --random=NUM
- select a given number of random records.
Output options:¶
- -p, --print=FIELDS
- comma-separated list of fields to print for each matching
record.
- -P, --print-values=FIELDS
- as -p, but print only the values of the selected
fields.
- -R, --print-row=FIELDS
- as -P, but separate the values with spaces instead
of newlines.
- -c, --count
- print a count of the matching records instead of the
records themselves.
Special options:¶
- --print-sexps
- print the data in sexps instead of rec format.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
recsel is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
recsel programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info recsel
should give you access to the complete manual.
