recins(1)

recins1

Insert records in a recfile

Usage

recins [OPTION] ... [-t TYPE] [{-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM}] [{(-f NAME -v STR) | -r RECDATA}] ... [FILE]

Overview

Insert new records in a rec database.

-f, --field=STR

field name; should be followed by a -v.

-v, --value=STR

field value; should be preceded by an -f.

-r, --record=STR

record that will be inserted in the file.

--force

insert the record even if it is violating record restrictions.

--no-external

don't use external descriptors.

--no-auto

don't insert auto generated fields.

--verbose

give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.

-s, --password=STR

encrypt 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.

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.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8–10
  3. 11
  4. 12

-m since Debian 8 (Jessie).

-R until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Author

Written by Jose E. Marchesi.

Reporting bugs

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

From recutils 1.9-2 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.