recsel − print records from a recfile
recsel [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-j FIELD] [-n INDEXES | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [-c | (-p|-P) FIELD_EXPR] [FILE]...
Select and print
rec data.
−d,
−−include−descriptors
print record descriptors along with the matched records.
−C, −−collapse
do not section the result in records with newlines.
−S, −−sort=FIELD,...
sort the output by the specified fields.
−G, −−group−by=FIELD,...
group records by the specified fields.
−U, −−uniq
remove duplicated fields in the output records.
−s, −−password=STR
decrypt confidential fields with the given password.
−−help |
print a help message and exit. |
−−version
show version and exit.
−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.
−j, −−join=FIELD
perform an inner join using the specified field.
−p, −−print=FIELDS
comma−separated list of fields to print for each matching record.
−P, −−print−values=FIELDS
as −p, but print only the values of the selected fields.
−R, −−print−row=FIELDS
as −P, but separate the values with spaces instead of newlines.
−c, −−count
print a count of the matching records instead of the records themselves.
−−print−sexps
print the data in sexps instead of rec format.
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
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.
The full documentation for recsel is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recsel programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info recutils
should give you access to the complete manual.