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

NAME

recset - manipulate fields in a recfile

SYNOPSIS

recset [ OPTION ]... [ FILE ]...

DESCRIPTION

Alter or delete fields in records.
--no-external

don’t use external descriptors.

--force

alter the records even if violating record restrictions.

--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.

Field selection options:

-f , --fields = FIELDS

comma-separated list of field names with optional subscripts.

Actions:

-s , --set = VALUE

change the value of the selected fields.

-a , --add = VALUE

add the selected fields with the given value.

-S , --set-add = VALUE

change the value of the selected fields. If they don’t exist then add a new field with that value.

-r , --rename = NAME

rename the selected fields to a given name. If an entire record set is selected then the field is renamed in the record descriptor as well.

-d , --delete

delete the selected fields.

-c , --comment

comment out the selected fields.

AUTHOR

Written by Jose E. Marchesi.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

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.