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DB(1)			  BSD General Commands Manual			 DB(1)

NAME
     db — manipulate db(3)'s btree(3) and hash(3) databases

SYNOPSIS
     db [-KiNqV] [-E endian] [-f infile] [-O outsep] [-S visitem] [-T visspec]
	type dbfile [key [...]]
     db -d [-iNq] [-E endian] [-f infile] [-U unvisitem] type dbfile
	[key [...]]
     db -w [-CDiNqR] [-E endian] [-F insep] [-f infile] [-m mode]
	[-U unvisitem] type dbfile [key value [...]]

DESCRIPTION
     db allows manipulation of btree(3) and hash(3) (db(3)) databases.

     db has three modes of operation to perform upon dbfile:

	   read	   Displays the given keys, and keys described in infile.  If
		   no keys and no infile is specified, the entire database is
		   displayed.  This is the default mode of operation.

	   delete  Enabled with -d.  Deletes the given keys, and keys
		   described in infile.

	   write   Enabled with -w.  Writes the given keys and values, and
		   keys and values described in infile (in the latter case,
		   entries are separated by insep).

     There are two mandatory arguments: type is the database type; either
     ‘btree’ or ‘hash’, and dbfile is the database file to manipulate.

     Options valid for all modes are:

	   -E endian   Set the endianness of the database.  endian may be one
		       of:
			     B	Big endian
			     H	Host endian
			     L	Little endian
		       Defaults to ‘H’ (host endian).

	   -f infile   Contains a list of keys (for read and delete), or insep
		       separated keys and values (for write) to be used as
		       arguments to the given mode.  If infile is ‘-’, stdin
		       is used.

	   -i	       Keys are converted to lower case before manipulation.

	   -N	       Do not include the NUL byte at the end of the key or
		       value.

	   -q	       Quiet operation.	 In read mode, missing keys are not
		       considered to be an error.  In delete (-d) and write
		       (-w) modes, the result of various operations is sup‐
		       pressed.

     Read mode specific options are:

	   -K	       Display key.

	   -O outsep   Field separator string between key and value.  Defaults
		       to a single tab (‘\t’).

	   -S visitem  Specify items to strvis(3) encode.  The visitem option-
		       argument is a character specifying if the key (k), the
		       value (v) or both (b) should be encoded.

	   -T visspec  Control how the items specified by the -S option are
		       encoded.	 The visspec option-argument is a string spec‐
		       ifying strvis(3) options.  The string consists of the
		       specification characters b, c, o, s, t, and w.  See
		       vis(1)'s corresponding options for the meaning of these
		       characters.

	   -V	       Display value.

	   (If neither of -K or -V is given, both options are enabled.)

     Write mode specific options are:

	   -C	       Create new database, and truncate existing databases.

	   -D	       Allow duplicate entries.	 (Requires -R to be useful.)

	   -F insep    Input field separator string between key and value used
		       when parsing infile.  Defaults to a single space (‘ ’).

	   -m mode     Octal mode of created database.	Defaults to ‘0644’.

	   -R	       Overwrite existing entries.  If not specified, writing
		       to an existing entry raises an error.

     Write and delete mode specific options are:

	   -U unvisitem
		       Specify items to strunvis(3) decode.  The unvisitem
		       option-argument is a character specifying if the key
		       (k), the value (v) or both (b) should be decoded.

SEE ALSO
     vis(1), btree(3), db(3), hash(3), strunvis(3), strvis(3), svis(3),
     makemap(8)

HISTORY
     The db command appeared in NetBSD 2.0.

AUTHORS
     Luke Mewburn ⟨lukem@NetBSD.org⟩.

BSD				 June 20, 2005				   BSD
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