debian man page for 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)