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NAME¶
portabase - an easy-to-use personal database applicationSYNOPSIS¶
portabase [ -h | --help | <file> ]DESCRIPTION¶
PortaBase (portable database) is a personal database application that is available for many platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Maemo. PortaBase's features include: - One data table per file - String, Integer, Decimal, Boolean, Note (multi-line text), Date,Time, Calculation, Sequence, Image, and Enum column types - Add, edit, and delete rows of data - Custom data views (subsets of the columns in any order) - Filter the displayed rows using sets of conditions - Sort the rows by any combination of columns, each in ascending or
descending order - Optional page navigation buttons, with a custom number of rows per page - Add, delete, rearrange, and rename columns at any time - Specify default values for columns - View summary statistics for columns (total, average, min, max, etc.) - Import data from CSV, XML, and MobileDB files - Export data to CSV, HTML, and XML files - Command-line format conversions (to and from XML, from MobileDB, to HTML) - Print the data grid with view, sorting, and filter applied - Fullscreen mode option - Optional data file encryption - Unicode support - Pick any available font to use throughout the application
COMMANDS¶
PortaBase uses the following commands to indicate a command-line file conversion:- fromxml
- Create a new PortaBase file from the input XML file.
- frommobiledb
- Create a new PortaBase file from the input MobileDB file.
- fromcsv
- Add rows to an existing PortaBase file from the input CSV file.
- toxml
- Create a new XML file from the input PortaBase file.
- tocsv
- Create a new CSV file from the input PortaBase file.
- tohtml
- Create a new HTML file from the input PortaBase file.
- -p <password>
- Open or create the encrypted PortaBase file using the given password
- -v <view>
- Apply the named view before exporting.
- -s <sorting>
- Apply the named sorting before exporting.
- -f <filter>
- Apply the named filter before exporting.
- -e <encoding>
- Specifies the text encoding of the imported CSV file; options are UTF-8 (the default) and Latin-1.
OPTIONS¶
PortaBase accepts the following options:- -h, --help
- Display usage instructions.
FILES¶
$HOME/.qt/portabaserc - user-specific settings. Stores information on font, checkbox editing, delete confirmations, etc.AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Jeremy Bowman <jmbowman@alum.mit.edu>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).April 16, 2010 |