1mdb-export(1)        Executable programs or shell commands       mdb-export(1)
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NAME

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

9       mdb-export [-H] [-d delimiter] [-R row_delim] [[-Q] | [-q quote [-X escape]]] [-I backend] [-D format] [-N namespace] [-b strip|raw|octal] database table
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DESCRIPTION

13       mdb-export is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
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15       It  produces  a CSV (comma separated value) output for the given table.
16       Such output is suitable for importation into databases or spreadsheets.
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OPTIONS

19       -H     Supress header row
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21       -Q     Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date)  in  quotes.   If
22              not  specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote)
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25       -d     Specify an alternative column delimiter If no delimiter is spec‐
26              ified, table names will be delimited by a , (comma) character.
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28       -R     Specify a row delimiter
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30       -I backend
31              INSERT  statements  (instead of CSV). You must specify which SQL
32              backend dialect to use. Allowed values are: access, sybase, ora‐
33              cle, postgres, mysql and sqlite.
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35       -D     Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details)
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37       -q     Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is ".
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39       -X     Use to escape quoted characters within a field.  Default is dou‐
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46              Binary export mode: strip binaries, export  as-is,  or  output
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NOTES

ENVIRONMENT

51       MDB_JET3_CHARSET
52              Defines  the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default
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56              Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file.  Default  is
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78              ·  debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
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SEE ALSO

81       gmdb2(1)  mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1)
82       mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-tables(1)
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HISTORY

85       mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.
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AUTHORS

88       The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns.
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BUGS

91       Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline  characters,  the  current
92       program does nothing about this.
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96MDBTools 0.7.1                   14 July 2018                    mdb-export(1)
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