1mdb-export(1) Executable programs or shell commands mdb-export(1)
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6 mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.
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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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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.
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19 -H Supress header row
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21 -Q Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If
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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
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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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43 Prefix identifiers with namespace.
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45 -b strip|raw|octal
46 Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, or output
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51 MDB_JET3_CHARSET
52 Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default
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55 MDBICONV
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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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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85 mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.
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88 The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns.
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91 Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current
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96MDBTools 0.7.1 17 February 2019 mdb-export(1)