mdb-tables (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
mdb-tables – Get listing of tables in an MDB database
SYNOPSIS
mdb - tables[-S][-1 | -d delimiter] database
DESCRIPTION
mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB database in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.
OPTIONS
-S- Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with ‘MSys’
-1- specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.
-ddelimiter- specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the
-1option was specified.
NOTES
ENVIRONMENT
MDB_JET3_CHARSET- Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See
iconv(1). MDBICONV- Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
MDBOPTS- semi-column separated list of options:
-
- •
- use_index
- •
- no_memo
- •
- debug_like
- •
- debug_write
- •
- debug_usage
- •
- debug_ole
- •
- debug_row
- •
- debug_props
- •
- debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
HISTORY
mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.
SEE ALSO
gmdb2(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1)
AUTHORS
The mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns.
BUGS
Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table name.- You must specify a delimiter (
-d) if you intend on piping the output ofmdb-tablesto a program such as awk or cut.