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