NAME¶
recins - insert records in a recfile
SYNOPSIS¶
recins [
OPTION]... [
-t TYPE] [
-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR |
-q STR | -m NUM] [
(-f NAME -v STR) | -r RECDATA]... [
FILE]
DESCRIPTION¶
Insert new records in a rec database.
- -f, --field=STR
- field name; should be followed by a -v.
- -v, --value=STR
- field value; should be preceded by an -f.
- -r, --record=STR
- record that will be inserted in the file.
- --force
- insert the record even if it is violating record restrictions.
- --no-external
- don't use external descriptors.
- --no-auto
- don't insert auto generated fields.
- --verbose
- give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.
- -s, --password=STR
- encrypt 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=RECORD_EXPR
- selection expression.
- -q, --quick=STR
- select records with fields containing a string.
- -n, --number=NUM,...
- select specific records by position, with ranges.
- -m, --random=NUM
- select a given number of random records.
If no FILE is specified then the command acts like a filter, getting the data
from standard input and writing the result to standard output.
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, 2013, 2014 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
recins is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
recins programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info recutils
should give you access to the complete manual.