mdb-tables (1)
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NAME
mdb-tables - Get listing of tables in an MDB databaseSYNOPSIS
mdb-tables [-S] [-1 | -d delimiter] database
DESCRIPTION
mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB database in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.
OPTIONS
- -S
- Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with 'MSys'
- -1
- specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.
- -d delimiter
- specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the -1 option was specified.
NOTES
ENVIRONMENT
- MDB_JET3_CHARSET
- Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
- MDBICONV
- Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
- MDBOPTS
-
semi-column separated list of options:
-
- *
- use_index
- *
- no_memo
- *
- debug_like
- *
- debug_write
- *
- debug_usage
- *
- debug_ole
- *
- debug_row
- *
- debug_props
- *
- debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
-
HISTORY
mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.SEE ALSO
gmdb2(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1)AUTHORS
The mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns.BUGS
- Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table name.
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You must specify a delimiter (-d) if you intend on piping the output of mdb-tables to a program such as awk or cut.