xtselstr(1)

NAME
xtselstr - selection by string matching

SYNOPSIS
xtselstr [-k key attribute] -f a list of attributes -v list of character strings searched for [-F] [-R] [-r] [-u output filename] [-q] [-i input filename] [-o output filename] [-z] [-t] [-T directory of work file]

DESCRIPTION
 For an attribute specified by -f, if it contains one of strings specified by -v, the corresponding line is selected (or deleted).

PARAMETERS

-k key attribute
    key attribute (if omitted, all line are assumed to take the distinct key value)

-f a list of attributes
    a list of attributes for which you want to search

-v list of character strings searched for
    a list of character strings for which you want to search the attributes specified by -f

-u output filename
    output filename for the data unmatched to the condition specified on the other parameter

-i input filename
    Specify the input filename for this command. If a suffix of the filename is '.gz', the command automatically unzip it beforehand. When this parameter is omitted, standard input (usulally keyboard) is regarded as input file.

-o output filename
    Specify the output filename for this command. If a suffix of the filename is '.gz', the command automatically zip the output data. When this parameter is omitted, standard output (usulally display) is regarded as output file.

-T directory of work file
    Specify the directory name for temporal files used in this command.

OPTIONS

-F

-R

-r  reverse condition: Deletion is done instead of selection.

-q  the transaction of sequential: When this option specified with -k parameter, the command process the input data following the original sequence of the lines, instead of processing after sorting the field specified by -k parameter.

-z  compress the standard output by gz: When -o is omitted and this option is specified, the command output the result zipped.

-t  plain text: When this option is specified, the command treat the input and output data as plain text format.

EXAMPLE

 xtselstr -f article -v cola,chocolate -i dat.xt -o rsl.xt

 xtselstr -k customerID -f article -v cola,chocolate -i dat.xt -o rsl.xt

SEE ALSO
xtsel(1), xtcommon(1)

WEB PAGE
http://musashi.adm.osaka-sandai.ac.jp

BUG REPORT
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AUTHORS
Yukinobu Hamuro,Naoki Katoh,Katsutoshi Yada