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man/tabletolist.man

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+.TH tabletolist "" "" "/rdb Command"
+.PC "Convert a table to list format"
+\fBtabletolist [ \-l ] < \fItable\fR
+.PP
+.II "table^convert to list"
+.II "list^convert from table"
+The command
+.B tabletolist
+converts
+.I table
+to list format.
+.PP
+Option \fB\-l\fR tells
+.B tabletolist
+not to write a newline at the beginning of the new list file.
+This is for compatibility with the older list format and for other uses.
+Note that most
+.B /rdb
+commands cannot read a list file if it lacks the initial newline.
+.SH Example
+Consider
+.BR mailtable ,
+which has the following format:
+.DM
+Number  Name    Company Street  City    State   ZIP     Phone
+------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
+1       Ronald McDonald McDonald's      123 Mac Attack  Memphis
+TENN    30000   (111) 222-3333
+2       Chiquita  Banana        United Brands   Uno Avenito De La
+Revolution      San Jose        Costa Rica      123456789       1234
+.DE
+.PP
+As you can see, the information in each row is often too wide for the screen;
+these data would be better stored in a list-format file.
+To convert
+.B mailtable
+to list format, type the following:
+.DM
+	tabletolist < mailtable
+.DE
+.PP
+This writes the following to the standard output:
+.DM
+\fB<newline>\fP
+Number  1
+Name    Ronald McDonald
+Company McDonald's
+Street  123 Mac Attack
+City    Memphis
+State   TENN
+ZIP     30000
+Phone   (111) 222-3333
+.DE
+.DM
+Number  2
+Name    Chiquita  Banana
+Company United Brands
+Street  Uno Avenido de la Reforma
+City    San Jose
+State   Costa Rica
+ZIP     123456789
+Phone   1234
+ ...
+.DE
+.SH "See Also"
+.B
+listtotable
+.R