MAKEGDBM(1)

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okay bestie, welcome to makegdbm(1) from the General Commands Manual 💖

✨ NAME ✨

makegdbm - Make a GDBM database from stdin 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

makegdbm [options] gdbmname

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so makegdbm lets you form a GBDM database from input read from stdin. gdbmname is the name of the GBDM database you're creating; usually that file's name ends in .db 🍓. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten — no take-backs, bestie 💀.

The input format is key, value pairs separated by a colon (:). Like:

this is a key:this is a value

That's the whole vibe. Periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — prints usage information. 🫶
  • -u, --undo — prints the content of the database file, one entry a line. 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Check out gdbm(3) for the related lore ✨.

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Horms <horms@verge.net.au> 💖

This iconic page is from the General Commands Manual, dated 25th December 2000, and it's filed under MAKEGDBM(1). Bye bestie! 🌈

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