07-11-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by
royalibrahim
what is the need for '>FILENAME' here? I am getting the output only if it is not present.
Got it!! its a redirection to the same file. Thanks
But, a doubt, in most of the shell command if we tend to redirect the output to the same active file from which the input data is coming from, then that file will be emptied (NULL) usually. How come it is exceptional here?
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REC2CSV(1) User Commands REC2CSV(1)
NAME
rec2csv - rec to csv converter
SYNOPSIS
rec2csv [OPTIONS]... [REC_FILE]
DESCRIPTION
Convert rec data into csv data.
-t, --type=TYPE
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