debian man page for makedb

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NAME
       makedb - Create simple DB database from textual input.

SYNOPSIS
       makedb [ options ] INPUT-FILE OUTPUT-FILE

       makedb [ options ] -o OUTPUT-FILE INPUT-FILE

       makedb [ options ] -u INPUT-FILE

DESCRIPTION
       This program is mainly used to generate database files for the libnss_db.so module for the Name Service Switch.

OPTIONS
       -f, --fold-case
	       Convert key to lower case.

       -o, --output OUTPUT-FILE
	       Write output to file OUTPUT-FILE

       -q, --quiet
	       Do not print messages while building database.

       -u, --undo
	       Print content of database file, one entry a line

       -?, --help
	       Give help message.

       --usage Give a short usage message.

       -V, --version
	       Print program version.

AUTHOR
       makedb was written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.

       This manpage was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

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