RECSET(1)

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version 1.9 · 4 versions
, in alpine 3.24, debian bookworm, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 RECSET 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because recset is literally the girlboss of the recutils girlies — she's a user command whose whole entire job is manipulating fields in a recfile. periodt. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

recset — manipulate fields in a recfile 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

recset [OPTION]... [FILE]...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

She alters or deletes fields in records. That's it. That's the vibe. 💅

  • --no-external — bestie do NOT use external descriptors, okay? we're staying in-house 🏠
  • --force — alter the records anyway, even if that means violating record restrictions 😳 like yes she's chaotic, she knows
  • --help — prints a help message and dips out 👋
  • --version — shows the version and exits, no notes 💁‍♀️

🔥 Record selection options: 🔥

  • -i, --case-insensitive — makes strings case-insensitive inside selection expressions, so Foo and foo stop being dramatic about it 🙈
  • -t, --type=TYPE — only operate on records of the specified TYPE, no strays allowed 👑
  • -e, --expression=RECORD_EXPR — the selection expression, i.e. how you pick your faves
  • -q, --quick=STR — selects records that have fields containing a string. quick lil vibe check ✅
  • -n, --number=NUM,... — select specific records by position, and yes ranges are allowed, she's flexible like that 🌈
  • -m, --random=NUM — selects a given number of random records. chaotic good energy fr fr 🎲

🎀 Field selection options: 🎀

  • -f, --fields=FIELDS — a comma-separated list of field names, with optional subscripts. commas = the group chat, subscripts = the ✨extra✨

💅 Actions: 💅

  • -s, --set=VALUE — change the value of the selected fields. glow up 💖
  • -a, --add=VALUE — add the selected fields with the given value. new friends! 🫶
  • -S, --set-add=VALUE — change the value of the selected fields, and if they don't exist, add a new field with that value. she's versatile, she contains multitudes 😌
  • -r, --rename=NAME — rename the selected fields to a given name. and bestie, listen: if an entire record set is selected, then the field gets renamed in the record descriptor as well. no cap 🗣️
  • -d, --delete — delete the selected fields. blocked. removed. gone 💀
  • -c, --comment — comment out the selected fields. she's not deleted, she's just on read 🫣

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Jose E. Marchesi. (an icon, honestly 🌟)

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Copyright © 2010-2020 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

no warranty bestie, she's giving everything but she is NOT legally liable 😭

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

The full documentation for recset is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recset programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info recutils

should give you access to the complete manual. iykyk 📖✨

and that's the whole page!! this was recset version 1.9, from April 2022, dropping out of the manual like the main character she is. mwah, take care of her 💜🎀🦋

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