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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how I can add a constant to a field without changing the file format Post 302424952 by bio_ on Wednesday 26th of May 2010 05:31:57 PM
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NAME

       ldbsearch - Search for records in a LDB database

SYNOPSIS

       ldbsearch [-h] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-i] [-H LDB-URL] [expression] [attributes]

DESCRIPTION

       ldbsearch searches a LDB database for records matching the specified expression (see the ldapsearch(1) manpage for a description of the
       expression format). For each record, the specified attributes are printed.

OPTIONS

       -h
	   Show list of available options.

       -H <ldb-url>
	   LDB URL to connect to. See ldb(7) for details.

       -s one|sub|base
	   Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.

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	   Specify Base DN to use.

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VERSION

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       ldb(7), ldbedit(1)

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