NAME

dbf2csv - Convert dBASE DBF files to text files

SYNOPSIS

dbf2csv [options] [file ...]

 Options:
   -h --help           verbose help message
   -i --info           just print header metadata and no rows
   -R --repair         repair any header corruption
   -H --header         output column headers
   -f --field=<char>   set the field separator character
   -e --enclose=<char> set the field enclosing character
   -E --escape=<char>  set the escape character
   -r --record=<char>  set the record separator character
   -o --outfile=<file> write output to <file> (overrides -x)
   -x --outext=<ext>   use <ext> as output extension

 Defaults:
   -R  (false)
   -H  (false)
   -f  ,
   -e  "
   -E  \
   -r  \n
   -o <infile>.txt
   -x .txt

 dbf2csv understands the following special characters in its arguments:
   \r  carriage return
   \n  newline
   \t  tab
   \\  backslash

DESCRIPTION

One or more files specified on the command line (or from standard input if none specified, or - is specified) are converted from dBASE DBF format to text delimited files. Delimiters and escape characters can be indicated on the command line. Output is typically written to <file>.txt, given input <file>.dbf. The output extension can be changed with the --outext parameter. Alternatively, an output file can be manually specified via the -o argument. If --outfile is -, output will be written to standard output.

If --info is specified, header metadata is printed to standard output for all specified DBF files. All other flags are ignored and no row data are output.

SEE ALSO

CAM::DBF

AUTHOR

Chris Dolan, Clotho Advanced Media, chris@clotho.com