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NAME

6       dbcolneaten - pretty-print columns of Fsdb data (assuming a monospaced
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SYNOPSIS

10       dbcolneaten [-E] [field_settings]
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DESCRIPTION

13       dbcolneaten arranges that the Fsdb data appears in neat columns if you
14       view it with a monospaced font.  To do this, it pads out each field
15       with spaces to line up the next field.
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17       Field settings are of the form
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21       OP is >=, =, or <= specifying that the width of that FIELD must be
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24       dbcolneaten runs in O(1) memory but disk space proportional to the size
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OPTIONS

28       -E or --noeoln
29           Omit padding for the last column (at the end-of-the-line).
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32       -e or --eoln
33           Do padding and include an extra field separator after the last
34           column.  (Useful if you're interactively adding a column.)
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36       This module also supports the standard fsdb options:
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38       -d  Enable debugging output.
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40       -i or --input InputSource
41           Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or "-" for standard
42           input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue
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45       -o or --output OutputDestination
46           Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or "-" for
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50       --autorun or --noautorun
51           By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter
52           objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method.  The
53           "--(no)autorun" option controls that behavior within Perl.
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55       --help
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58       --man
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SAMPLE USAGE

62   Input:
63               #fsdb fullname homedir uid gid
64               Mr._John_Heidemann_Junior       /home/johnh     2274    134
65               Greg_Johnson    /home/greg      2275    134
66               Root    /root   0       0
67               # this is a simple database
68               #   | dbcol fullname homedir uid gid
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70   Command:
71           dbcolneaten
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73   Output:
74               #fsdb -F s fullname       homedir     uid  gid
75               Mr._John_Heidemann_Junior /home/johnh 2274 134
76               Greg_Johnson              /home/greg  2275 134
77               Root                      /root       0    0
78               # this is a simple database
79               #   | dbcol fullname homedir uid gid
80               #   | dbcolneaten
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BUGS

83       Does not handle tab separators correctly.
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SEE ALSO

86       Fsdb.
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89       Copyright (C) 1991-2018 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
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91       This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public
92       license, version 2.  See the file COPYING with the distribution for
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