mdbtools/doc/mdb-export.txt

NAME
  mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.

SYNOPSIS
  mdb-export [-H] [-d delim] [-R delim] [[-Q] | [-q char [-X char]]] [-I backend] [-D fmt] [-N prefix] [-b strip|raw|octal] database table
  mdb-export -h|--help

DESCRIPTION
  mdb-export is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools. 

  It produces a CSV (comma separated value) output for the given table. Such output is suitable for importation into databases or spreadsheets.

OPTIONS
  -H, --no-header            Suppress header row.
  -Q, --no-quote             Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes.  If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) characters.
  -d, --delimiter delim      Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma).
  -R, --row-delimiter delim  Specify a row delimiter. Default is \n (ASCII value 10).
  -I, --insert backend       INSERT statements (instead of CSV). You must specify which SQL backend dialect to use. Allowed values are: access, sybase, oracle, postgres, mysql and sqlite.
  -D, --date-format fmt      Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details).
  -q, --quote char           Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote).
  -X, --escape char          Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.
  -N, --namespace prefix     Prefix identifiers with prefix.
  -b, --bin strip|raw|octal  Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, or output \ooo style octal data.

NOTES 

ENVIRONMENT
  MDB_JET3_CHARSET    Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
  MDBICONV            Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
  MDBOPTS             semi-column separated list of options:
                      * use_index
                      * no_memo
                      * debug_like
                      * debug_write
                      * debug_usage
                      * debug_ole
                      * debug_row
                      * debug_props
                      * debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options

SEE ALSO
  gmdb2(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1)
  mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-import(1)

HISTORY
  mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.

AUTHORS
  The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns.

BUGS
  Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current program does nothing about this.