RECSEL

NAME

recsel - print records from a recfile

SYNOPSIS

recsel [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-j FIELD] [-n INDEXES | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [-c | (-p|-P) FIELD_EXPR] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Select and print rec data.
-d, --include-descriptors

print record descriptors along with the matched records.

-C, --collapse

do not section the result in records with newlines.

-S, --sort=FIELD,...

sort the output by the specified fields.

-G, --group-by=FIELD,...

group records by the specified fields.

-U, --uniq

remove duplicated fields in the output records.

-s, --password=STR

decrypt 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.

-j, --join=FIELD

perform an inner join using the specified field.

Output options:

-p, --print=FIELDS

comma-separated list of fields to print for each matching record.

-P, --print-values=FIELDS

as -p, but print only the values of the selected fields.

-R, --print-row=FIELDS

as -P, but separate the values with spaces instead of newlines.

-c, --count

print a count of the matching records instead of the records themselves.

Special options:

--print-sexps

print the data in sexps instead of rec format.

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 recsel is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recsel programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info recutils

should give you access to the complete manual.