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man/listtosh.man

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+.TH listtosh "" "" "/rdb Command"
+.PC "Convert list format to shell variable"
+\fBlisttosh < \fIlist\fR
+.PP
+.II "list^convert to shell"
+.II "convert list to shell"
+The command
+.B listtosh
+converts a list-format file (\fIcolumn\fB<tab>\fIdata\fR)
+to a shell variable format
+(\fBVARIABLE='\fIvalue\fB'\fR).
+You can use this to move a record into a shell variable.
+.SH Example
+Consider file
+.BR maillist :
+.DM
+Number  1
+Name    Ronald McDonald
+Company McDonald's
+Street  123 Mac Attack
+City    Menphis
+State   TENN
+ZIP     30000
+Phone   (111) 222-3333
+.sp \n(pDu
+Number  2
+Name    Chiquita Banana
+Company United Brands
+Street  Uno Avenito De La Revolution
+City    San Jose
+State   Costa Rica
+ZIP     123456789
+Phone   1234
+.DE
+.PP
+The command
+.DM
+	eval `row 'Number == 2' < maillist | listtosh`
+.DE
+.PP
+transforms the mailing list into the following format:
+.DM
+Number='2'
+Name='Chiquita Banana'
+Company='United Brands'
+Street='Uno Avenito De La Revolution'
+City='San Jose'
+State='Costa Rica'
+ZIP='123456789'
+Phone='1234'
+.DE
+.PP
+Once this is done, test the transformation by typing:
+.DM
+	echo "$Name's phone number is $Phone."
+.DE
+.PP
+This writes the following on the standard output:
+.DM
+	Chiquita Banana's phone number is 1234.
+.DE
+.SH "See Also"
+.B
+tabletolist
+.R
+.SO listtosh