mdbtools/doc/mdb-export.txt
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NAME
mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.
SYNOPSIS
mdb-export [-H] [-d <delimiter>] [-R <row delim>] [[-Q] || [-q <quote> [-X <escape>]]] [-I] [-D <format>] <database> <table>
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 Supress header row
-Q Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) characters.
-d Specify an alternative column delimiter If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a , (comma) character.
-R Specify a row delimiter
-I INSERT statements (instead of CSV). You must specify the SQL dialect.
-D Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details)
-q Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is ".
-X Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.
NOTES
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.