dbatbl(1)

dbatbl1

Manage on-disk reference tables for db-alle

Usage

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

Overview

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

Releases

5 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9

--crex since Debian 9 (Stretch); --verbose since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--type until Debian 8 (Jessie); -t until Debian 8 (Jessie).

Author

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

From dballe 7.21-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.