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80 lines
2.2 KiB
Groff
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.4.
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.TH RECDEL "1" "April 2022" "recdel 1.9" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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recdel \- remove records from a recfile
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B recdel
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[\fI\,OPTIONS\/\fR]... [\fI\,-t TYPE\/\fR] [\fI\,-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM\/\fR] [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Remove (or comment out) records from a rec file.
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-comment\fR
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comment out the matching records instead of
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deleting them.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-force\fR
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delete even in potentially dangerous situations,
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and if the deletion is violating record restrictions.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-no\-external\fR
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don't use external descriptors.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-verbose\fR
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give a detailed report if the integrity check
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fails.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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print a help message and exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-version\fR
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show version and exit.
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.SS "Record selection options:"
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-case\-insensitive\fR
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make strings case\-insensitive in selection
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expressions.
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-type\fR=\fI\,TYPE\/\fR
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operate on records of the specified type only.
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.TP
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\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-expression\fR=\fI\,RECORD_EXPR\/\fR
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selection expression.
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.TP
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\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quick\fR=\fI\,STR\/\fR
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select records with fields containing a string.
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR,...
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select specific records by position, with ranges.
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.TP
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\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-random\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
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select a given number of random records.
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.PP
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If no FILE is specified then the command acts like a filter, getting
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the data from standard input and writing the result to standard output.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to: bug\-recutils@gnu.org
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.br
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GNU recutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
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.br
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2010\-2020 Jose E. Marchesi.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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.br
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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The full documentation for
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.B recdel
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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.B info
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and
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.B recdel
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.IP
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.B info recutils
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.PP
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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