tabdelim_to_db - convert tab-delimited data into fsdb

NOTE: this page was directly converted from the perl FSDB manual pages from FSDB version 3.1

SYNOPSIS

tabdelim_to_db <source.tabdelim >target.fsdb

DESCRIPTION

Converts a tab-delimited data stream to Fsdb format.

The input is tab-delimited (not fsdb): the first row is taken to be the names of the columns; tabs separate columns.

The output is a fsdb file with a proper header and a tab field-separator.

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d

Enable debugging output.

-i or –input InputSource

Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or - for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

-o or –output OutputDestination

Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or - for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

–autorun or –noautorun

By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The --(no)autorun option controls that behavior within Perl.

--help

Show help.

--man

Show full manual.

SAMPLE USAGE

Input:

name email test1 Tommy Trojan tt@usc.edu 80 Joe Bruin joeb@ucla.edu 85 J. Random jr@caltech.edu 90

Command:

tabdelim_to_db

Output:

#fsdb -Ft name email test1 Tommy Trojan tt@usc.edu 80 Joe Bruin joeb@ucla.edu 85 J. Random jr@caltech.edu 90 # | dbcoldefine name email test1

SEE ALSO

Fsdb.