.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