recins - Man Page
insert records in a recfile
Synopsis
recins [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [(-f NAME -v STR) | -r RECDATA]... [FILE]
Description
Insert new records in a rec database.
- -f, --field=STR
field name; should be followed by a -v.
- -v, --value=STR
field value; should be preceded by an -f.
- -r, --record=STR
record that will be inserted in the file.
- --force
insert the record even if it is violating record restrictions.
- --no-external
don't use external descriptors.
- --no-auto
don't insert auto generated fields.
- --verbose
give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.
- -s, --password=STR
encrypt confidential fields with the given password.
- --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=RECORD_EXPR
selection expression.
- -q, --quick=STR
select records with fields containing a string.
- -n, --number=NUM,...
select specific records by position, with ranges.
- -m, --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 output.
Author
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Copyright
Copyright © 2010-2020 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 recins is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recins programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info recutils
should give you access to the complete manual.