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NAME

tina-convert — convert Tina database files from one format to another

SYNOPSIS

tina-convert [ -d | --debug ] [ -v | --verbose ] convert [ -I infmt ] [ -O outfmt ] [ -o target ] source
tina-convert
[ -d | --debug ] [ -v | --verbose ] list formats
tina-convert
[ -h | --help ] [ -V | --version ]

DESCRIPTION

The tina-convert tool is used to read a tree of tina database items and represent it in a different format. It currently supports three formats passed via the -I and/or -O command-line options:

tina

The native tina database format.

json

A hierarchical structure represented as a JSON object.

yaml

A hierarchical structure represented as a YAML object.

FILES

If the source filename is specified as “-”, tina-convert will read the data from its standard input stream. If a target filename is not specified via the -o command-line option, or if it is specified as “-”, tina-convert will write the converted entries to its standard output stream.

EXIT STATUS

The tina-convert utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

Read the tina database, represent it as JSON:

tina-convert convert -O json ˜/.tina

Do the same and save the result as a file:

tina-convert convert -O json -o tina.json ˜/.tina

Read that file and convert it back to the native format, needlessly specifying the output format since tina is the default for both input and output:

tina-convert convert -I json -O tina tina.json

AUTHORS

The tina-convert tool, along with its documentation, is developed as part of the tina tool by Peter Pentchev ⟨ roam@ringlet.net⟩ . Debian December 22, 2024 TINA-CONVERT (1)