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mdb-tables(1) Executable programs or shell commands mdb-tables(1)

NAME

mdb-tables - Get listing of tables in an MDB database

SYNOPSIS

mdb-tables [-S] [-1 | -d delim] [-t form|table|macro|systable|report|query|linkedtable|module|relationship|dbprop|any|all] [-T] database
mdb-tables -h|--help
mdb-tables --version

DESCRIPTION

mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB database in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.

OPTIONS

Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with 'MSys'.
-1, --single-column
Specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line. This is equivalent to --delim 0
Specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the -1 option was specified.
Filters entries to show alternate types. Autorized values are form, table, macro, systable, report, query, linkedtable, module, relationship, dbprop, any, and all. Default value is table.
Display the entry type indentifier before each entry.
Print the mdbtools version and exit.

NOTES

ENVIRONMENT

Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
Colon-separated list of options:
  • debug_like
  • debug_write
  • debug_usage
  • debug_ole
  • debug_row
  • debug_props
  • debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
  • no_memo (deprecated; has no effect)
  • use_index (experimental; requires libmswstr)

HISTORY

mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.

SEE ALSO

mdb-array(1) mdb-count(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-import(1) mdb-json(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-queries(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1)

AUTHORS

The mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns.

BUGS

You must specify a delimiter (-d) if you intend on piping the output of mdb-tables to a program such as awk or cut.
03 April 2023 MDBTools 1.0.0