NAME

recsel - print records from a recfile

SYNOPSIS

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.