dbatbl(1) Manage on-disk reference tables for DB-ALLe

SYNOPSIS

dbatbl [command] [options] [args...]

DESCRIPTION

This tool allows to index and query the tables that are needed for normal functioning of DB-ALLe.

dbatbl always requires a non-switch argument, that indicates what is the operation that should be performed:

help

Print a help summary.
help manpage

Print this manpage.
cat tableid [tableid [...]]

Output all the contents of a WMO B table..
grep string

Output all the contents of the local B table whose description contains the given string..
expandcode varcode [varcode [...]]

Expand the value of a packed variable code.
describe [options] what [values]

Invoke the formatter to describe the given values. Supported so far are: "level ltype l1 l2", "trange pind p1 p2".

OPTIONS

dbatbl follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

Option for command cat

-?, --help
print an help message
--verbose
verbose output
-c, --csv
output variables in CSV format
--crex
read CREX entries instead of BUFR

Option for command grep

-?, --help
print an help message
--verbose
verbose output
-c, --csv
output variables in CSV format
--crex
read CREX entries instead of BUFR

Option for command expandcode

-?, --help
print an help message
--verbose
verbose output

Option for command describe

-?, --help
print an help message
--verbose
verbose output

AUTHOR

dbatbl has been written by Enrico Zini <[email protected]> for ARPA Emilia Romagna, Servizio Idrometeorologico.