recdel - remove records from a recfile

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Record selection options: AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

SYNOPSIS

recdel [OPTIONS]... [-t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e RECORD_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=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.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug−[email protected]
GNU recutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Copyright © 2010−2020 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.