Dbcoldefine (1) Linux Manual Page

dbcoldefine – define the columns of a plain text file to make it an Fsdb file

Synopsis

dbcoldefine [-F x] [column…]

Description

This program writes a new header before the data with the specified column names. It does not do any validation of the data contents; it is up to the user to verify that, other than the header, the input datastream is a correctly formatted Fsdb file.

Options

-F or –fs or –fieldseparator s: Specify the field separator.
–header H: Give the columns and field separator as a full Fsdb header (including "#fsdb"). Can only be used alone, not with other specifications.

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d: Enable debugging output.
-i or –input InputSource: Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or "-" for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
-o or –output OutputDestination: Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or "-" for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
–autorun or –noautorun: By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The "–(no)autorun" option controls that behavior within Perl.
–help: Show help.
–man: Show full manual.

Sample Usage

Input:

 102400 4937974.964736

 102400 4585247.875904

 102400 5098141.207123

Command:

 cat DATA/http_bandwidth | dbcoldefine size bw

Output:

 #fsdb size bw

 102400 4937974.964736

 102400 4585247.875904

 102400 5098141.207123

 # | dbcoldefine size bw

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2. See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.

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