.TH DBATBL 1 "jan 10, 2023
.SH NAME
dbatbl \- Manage on-disk reference tables for DB-ALLe
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dbatbl
.RI [ command ]
.RI [ options ]
.RI [ args ... ]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
This tool allows to index and query the tables that are needed for normal functioning of DB\-ALLe.
.P
\fBdbatbl\fP always requires a non-switch argument, that indicates what is the operation that should be performed:
.TP
\fBhelp\fP
.br
Print a help summary.
.TP
\fBhelp manpage\fP
.br
Print this manpage.
.TP
\fBcat tableid [tableid [...]]\fP
.br
Output all the contents of a WMO B table..
.TP
\fBgrep string\fP
.br
Output all the contents of the local B table whose description contains the given string..
.TP
\fBexpandcode varcode [varcode [...]]\fP
.br
Expand the value of a packed variable code.
.TP
\fBdescribe [options] what [values]\fP
.br
Invoke the formatter to describe the given values.
Supported so far are: "level ltype l1 l2", "trange pind p1 p2".
.SH OPTIONS
\fBdbatbl\fP follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').
.SS Option for command cat
.TP
.B \-?, \-\-help
print an help message
.TP
.B \-\-verbose
verbose output
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-csv
output variables in CSV format
.TP
.B \-\-crex
read CREX entries instead of BUFR
.SS Option for command grep
.TP
.B \-?, \-\-help
print an help message
.TP
.B \-\-verbose
verbose output
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-csv
output variables in CSV format
.TP
.B \-\-crex
read CREX entries instead of BUFR
.SS Option for command expandcode
.TP
.B \-?, \-\-help
print an help message
.TP
.B \-\-verbose
verbose output
.SS Option for command describe
.TP
.B \-?, \-\-help
print an help message
.TP
.B \-\-verbose
verbose output
.SH AUTHOR
\fBdbatbl\fP has been written by Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.com> for ARPA Emilia Romagna, Servizio Idrometeorologico.