1CSV2YAPET(1) CSV2YAPET CSV2YAPET(1)
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6 csv2yapet - convert CSV file to YAPET file
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9 csv2yapet [[-c] | [-h] | [-V]] | [[-p password] [-q] [-s separator]]
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13 Convert a CSV file src to an YAPET file dst. The default character for
14 delimiting the fields is ',' (comma) unless specified otherwise on the
15 command line by providing the -s.
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20 In order to convert a double quote character it has to be preceded by
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23 The following table describes the fields of the source CSV file as
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26 Table 1. Source File Format
27 ┌─────────┬────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
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29 │Column # │ YAPET Record Field │ Maximum size in │
30 │ │ │ bytes │
31 ├─────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
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33 │1 │ Record Name │ 127 │
34 ├─────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
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36 │2 │ Host Name │ 255 │
37 ├─────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
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39 │3 │ User Name │ 255 │
40 ├─────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
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42 │4 │ Password │ 255 │
43 ├─────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
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45 │5 │ Comment │ 511 │
46 └─────────┴────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
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49 The following options are supported:
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55 Show help.
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58 Show version.
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61 The password to be used to encrypt the YAPET file. If csv2yapetis
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82 The following example shows an excerpt of a CSV file as accepted for
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88 ssh host,host.example.org,johndoe,secret,Linux machine
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91 An example of a CSV file accepted by csv2yapet using double quotes.
92 The following example shows an excerpt of a CSV file as accepted for
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95 The first line demonstrates how to double quote fields containing the
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99 "ssh, ftp, and http server",server.example.org,johndoe,secret,Linux machine
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125 yapet(1), yapet2csv(1)
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