ARBTT-IMPORT(1)

💖 ARBTT-IMPORT — bestie, let's talk 💖

okay so this is the arbtt-import(1) page, living in the Program references section of the manual, and it's basically the "let me pour my data back in" tool. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

arbtt-import — imports dumped arbtt data samples 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

arbtt-import [OPTION...]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so arbtt-import reads data from standard input and adds those entries to the logfile. iconic behaviour tbh.

it supports the Show format and the JSON format, and it can be used in a streaming fashion — meaning it writes entries as they get read off standard input. it's giving main character energy, it doesn't wait around. 💅

heads up bestie: by default this program completely overrides the existing file. like, full replacement. because of that it will flat-out refuse to work if the log file already exists 😭 if you want to overwrite a file, you gotta delete it before running arbtt-import. and if you want to extend an existing file instead, use the --append option. don't say I didn't warn you. 🙈

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -h, -?, --help — shows you a short summary of the available options, and then it exits. yes, the original page says "exists", no, we're not doing that, it exits. 😌
• -V, --version — shows the version number, and then it exits. same energy. ⭐
• -f FILE, --logfile FILE — the logfile to use instead of ~/.arbtt/capture.log
• -a, --append — append to the log file, if it already exists 🍓
• -t FORMAT, --format FORMAT — which format to use, where FORMAT is one of show (that's the default) or JSON. the JSON format can either be a list of records (like the stuff dumped by arbtt-dump(1)), or just one record after another (which is the useful vibe for streaming mode). 🦋

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🌈 FILES 🌈

• ~/.arbtt/capture.log — a binary file, storing the arbtt data samples 💾

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

see the arbtt manual for more info, and the arbtt hackage page[1] for newer versions of arbtt. iykyk. 🔥

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💖 AUTHORS 💖

shoutout to the whole crew, they ate:

• Joachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de> — Main author of arbtt 👑
• Sergey Astanin <s.astanin@gmail.com> — Contributor
• Martin Kiefel <mk@nopw.de> — Contributor
• Muharem Hrnjadovic <muharem@linux.com> — Contributor
• Markus Hauck <markus1189@gmail.com> — Contributor
• Thomasz Miąsko <tomasz.miasko@gmail.com> — Contributor
• Waldir Pimenta <waldyrious@gmail.com> — Documentation writer ✍️
• Gwern Branwen <gwern@gwern.net> — Documentation writer ✍️
• Paolo G. Giarrusso <p.giarrusso@gmail.com> — Contributor
• Michal J. Gajda <migamake@migamake.com> — Contributor

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📌 NOTES 📌

1. arbtt hackage page — http://hackage.haskell.org/package/arbtt

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 source is marked [FIXME: source], the date on this one is 04/03/2022, and the manual section is ARBTT-IMPORT(1). periodt. 💅🌸