02-27-2010
Thank You Malcom. This looks good.
But One quick question what is the command to display characters b/w 5 to 10 for all the records in a file.
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recdel
RECDEL(1) User Commands RECDEL(1)
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 out-
put.
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 (C) 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.
recdel 1.4.93 January 2012 RECDEL(1)