SYNOPSIS

recdel [OPTIONS]... [-t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Remove (or comment out) records from a rec file.

-c, --comment

comment out the matching records instead of deleting them.

--force

delete even in potentially dangerous situations, and if the deletion is violating record restrictions.

--no-external

don't use external descriptors.

--verbose

give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.

--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: [email protected]
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 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.