NAME¶
recdel - remove records from a recfile
SYNOPSIS¶
recdel [
OPTIONS]... [
-t TYPE] [
-n NUM | -e EXPR | -q
STR | -m NUM] [
FILE]
DESCRIPTION¶
Remove (or comment out) records from a rec file.
- -c, --comment
- comment out the matching records instead of deleting
them.
- --force
- delete even in potentially dangerous situations, and if the
deletion is violating record restrictions.
- --no-external
- don't use external descriptors.
- --verbose
- give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.
- --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=EXPR
- selection expression.
- -q, --quick=STR
- select records with fields containing a string.
- -n, --number=NUM,...
- select specific records by position, with ranges.
- -R, --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 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
recdel is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
recdel programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info recdel
should give you access to the complete manual.