NAME

recdel - remove records from a recfile

SYNOPSIS

recdel [OPTIONS]... [-t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Remove (or comment out) records from a rec file.

-c, --comment: comment out the matching records instead of deleting them.
--force: delete even in potentially dangerous situations, and if the deletion is violating record restrictions.
--no-external: don't use external descriptors.
--verbose: give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.
--help: print a help message and exit.
--version: show version and exit.

Record selection options:

-i, --case-insensitive: make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.
-t, --type=TYPE: operate on records of the specified type only.
-e, --expression=RECORD_EXPR: selection expression.
-q, --quick=STR: select records with fields containing a string.
-n, --number=NUM,...: select specific records by position, with ranges.
-m, --random=NUM: select a given number of random records.

If no FILE is specified then the command acts like a filter, getting the data from standard input and writing the result to standard output.

AUTHOR

Written by Jose E. Marchesi.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.