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.TH mdb-tables 1 "22 March 2018" "MDBTools 0.7.1" "Executable programs or shell commands"
.SH NAME
\fBmdb-tables \fP- Get listing of tables in an MDB database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBmdb-tables\fP [\fB-S\fP] [\fB-1\fP | \fB-d\fP \fIdelimiter\fP] \fIdatabase\fP

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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBmdb-tables\fP is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools. 
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It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB \fIdatabase\fP in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.
.SH OPTIONS
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\fB-S\fP
Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with 'MSys'
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\fB-1\fP
specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.
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\fB-d\fP \fIdelimiter\fP
specifies an alternative \fIdelimiter\fP. If no \fIdelimiter\fP is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the \fB-1\fP option was specified.
.SH NOTES 

.SH ENVIRONMENT
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MDB_JET3_CHARSET
Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See \fBiconv\fP(1).
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MDBICONV
Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
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MDBOPTS
semi-column separated list of options:
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use_index
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no_memo
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debug_like
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debug_write
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debug_usage
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debug_ole
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debug_row
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debug_props
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debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
.SH HISTORY
\fBmdb-tables\fP first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgmdb2\fP(1) \fBmdb-export\fP(1) \fBmdb-hexdump\fP(1) \fBmdb-prop\fP(1) \fBmdb-sql\fP(1) \fBmdb-ver\fP(1)
\fBmdb-array\fP(1) \fBmdb-header\fP(1) \fBmdb-parsecsv\fP(1) \fBmdb-schema\fP(1)
.SH AUTHORS
The \fBmdb-tables\fP utility was written by Brian Bruns.
.SH BUGS
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Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table name.
You must specify a \fIdelimiter\fP (\fB-d\fP) if you intend on piping the output of \fBmdb-tables\fP to a program such as awk or cut.