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mdb-export

NAME

mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.

SYNOPSIS

 mdb-export [-H] [-d <delimiter>] [-R <row delim>] [[-Q] || [-q <quote> [-X <escape>]]] [-I] [-D <format>] [-S] <database> <table>
 

DESCRIPTION

mdb-export is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

It produces a CSV (comma separated value) output for the given table. Such output is suitable for importation into databases or spreadsheets.

OPTIONS

-H

Supress header row

-Q

Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) characters.

-d

Specify an alternative column delimiter If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a , (comma) character.

-R

Specify a row delimiter

-I

INSERT statements (instead of CSV)

-D

Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details)

-S

Sanitize names (replace spaces etc. with underscore)

-q

Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is ".

-X

Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.

NOTES

HISTORY

mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1

AUTHORS

The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns

BUGS

Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current program does nothing about this.