.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