1MAKEGDBM(1) General Commands Manual MAKEGDBM(1)
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6 makegdbm - Make a GDBM database from stdin
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9 makegdbm [options] gdbmname
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12 makegdbm allows a GBDM database to be formed from input read from
13 stdin. gdbmname is the name of the GBDM database to create, ususally
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23 -h, --help:
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27 Print content of database file, one entry a line.
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33 Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
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37 25th December 2000 MAKEGDBM(1)