xtsetchr(1)

NAME
xtsetchr - set a string as new field

SYNOPSIS
xtsetchr -v value -a new attribute name -a name of a new attribute [-i input filename] [-o output filename] [-z] [-t]

DESCRIPTION
This command adds a new attribute with the value as a character string specified by -v. Character string specified by -v is not allowed to contain a space character.

PARAMETERS

-v value -a new attribute name
    value to be added

-a name of a new attribute
    name of a new attribute

-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.

OPTIONS

-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

 xtsetchr -v 20010921 -a standard_date -i dat.xt -o rsl.xt

SEE ALSO

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

BUG REPORT
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AUTHORS
Yukinobu Hamuro,Naoki Katoh,Katsutoshi Yada