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man/tableorlist.man

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+.TH tableorlist "" "" "/rdb Command"
+.PC "Report whether a file has table or list format"
+\fBtableorlist [\fItableorlist ...\fB] [< \fItableorlist\fB]\fR
+.PP
+.II "table^check if file is"
+.II "list^check if file is"
+The command
+.B tableorlist
+checks whether
+.I tableorlist
+is a table or a list.
+If it is a list
+(that is, its first character is a newline), then
+.B tableorlist
+prints the string ``list'' and returns status code 1 to the shell;
+otherwise, it prints the string ``table'' and returns status code 0.
+.SH Example
+To check if
+.B inventory
+is a table or list, type:
+.DM
+	tableorlist inventory
+.DE
+.PP
+This prints
+.DM
+	table
+.DE
+.PP
+on the standard output.
+To check what status value
+.B tableorlist
+returned, type:
+.DM
+	echo $?
+.DE
+You'll see:
+.DM
+	0
+.DE
+.SH "See Also"
+.B
+listtotable,
+tabletolist
+.R
+.br
+COHERENT Lexicon:
+.B
+file
+.R