DBATBL(1) General Commands Manual DBATBL(1)
NAME
dbatbl - Manage on-disk reference tables for DB-ALLe
SYNOPSIS
dbatbl [command] [options] [args...]
DESCRIPTION
This tool allows to index and query the tables that are needed for normal functioning of DB-ALLe.
dbatbl always requires a non-switch argument, that indicates what is the operation that should be performed:
help
Print a help summary.
help manpage
Print this manpage.
cat tableid [tableid [...]]
Output all the contents of a WMO B table..
grep string
Output all the contents of the local B table whose description contains the given string..
expand table-entry [table-entry [...]]
Describe a WMO B table entry or expand a WMO D table entry in its components..
expandcode varcode [varcode [...]]
Expand the value of a packed variable code.
index [options] filename index-id
Index the contents of a table file.
describe [options] what [values]
Invoke the formatter to describe the given values. Supported so far are: "level ltype l1 l2", "trange pind p1 p2".
OPTIONS
dbatbl follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').
Option for command cat
-?, --help
print an help message
-c, --csv
output variables in CSV format
Option for command grep
-?, --help
print an help message
-c, --csv
output variables in CSV format
Option for command expand
-?, --help
print an help message
Option for command expandcode
-?, --help
print an help message
Option for command index
-?, --help
print an help message
-t type, --type=type
format of the table to index ('b', 'd', 'conv')
Option for command describe
-?, --help
print an help message
AUTHOR
dbatbl has been written by Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.com> for ARPA Emilia Romagna, Servizio Idrometeorologico.
may 16, 2012 DBATBL(1)
