[misc] / cdb-list.1

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.TH cdb-list 1 "9 October 2003" "Straylight/Edgeware"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cdb-list
.I cdb
.RI [ input ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Constructs a CDB file (see
.BR cdbmake (1),
.BR cdbget (1))
from a list of items in the
.I input
files (or stdin if there are none).
.PP
Comments and blank lines in the inputs are ignored.  Each other line
.I line
causes an entry to be inserted into the BDB, whose key is
.I line
with leading and trailing spaces stripped, and whose value is empty.  
.PP
The CDB file is written to
.IB cdb .new
and renamed to
.I cdb
when it's finished.
.SH BUGS
None known.
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>
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f342fce2	1	.\" --nroff--
	2	.TH cdb-list 1 "9 October 2003" "Straylight/Edgeware"
	3	.SH SYNOPSIS
	4	.B cdb-list
	5	.I cdb
	6	.RI [ input ...]
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	Constructs a CDB file (see
	9	.BR cdbmake (1),
	10	.BR cdbget (1))
	11	from a list of items in the
	12	.I input
	13	files (or stdin if there are none).
	14	.PP
	15	Comments and blank lines in the inputs are ignored. Each other line
	16	.I line
	17	causes an entry to be inserted into the BDB, whose key is
	18	.I line
	19	with leading and trailing spaces stripped, and whose value is empty.
	20	.PP
	21	The CDB file is written to
	22	.IB cdb .new
	23	and renamed to
	24	.I cdb
	25	when it's finished.
	26	.SH BUGS
	27	None known.
	28	.SH AUTHOR
	29	Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>