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mdb-tables(1) Executable programs or shell commands mdb-tables(1)

mdb-tables - Get listing of tables in an MDB database 

mdb-tables [-S] [-1 | -d delimiter] database

mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB database in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.

Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with 'MSys'
-1
specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.
specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the -1 option was specified.

Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
semi-column separated list of options:
  • use_index
  • no_memo
  • debug_like
  • debug_write
  • debug_usage
  • debug_ole
  • debug_row
  • debug_props
  • debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options

mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.

gmdb2(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1)

The mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns.

You must specify a delimiter (-d) if you intend on piping the output of mdb-tables to a program such as awk or cut.
22 March 2018 MDBTools 0.7.1