mdb-export(1) Executable programs or shell commands mdb-export(1) NAME mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format. SYNOPSIS mdb-export [--no-header] [--delimiter delim] [--row-delimiter delim] [[--no-quote] | [--quote char [--escape char]]] [--escape-invisible] [--date-format fmt] [--datetime-format fmt] [--bin strip|raw|octal|hex] [--boolean-words] database table mdb-export --insert backend [--namespace prefix] [--batch-size int] database table mdb-export -h|--help mdb-export --version DESCRIPTION mdb-export is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools. It produces a CSV (comma separated value) output for the given table. Such output is suitable for importation into databases or spreadsheets. Used with --insert, it outputs SQL specific to backend dialect, including some constraints like NOT NULL and foreign keys. OPTIONS -H, --no-header Suppress header row. -d, --delimiter delim Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma). -R, --row-delimiter delim Specify a row delimiter. Default is \n (ASCII value 10). -Q, --no-quote Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) charac- ters. -q, --quote char Use char to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote). -X, --escape char Use char to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is dou- bling. -e, --escape-invisible Use C-style escaping for return (\r), tab (\t), line-feed (\n), and back-slash (\\) characters. Default is to leave as they are. -I, --insert backend INSERT statements (instead of CSV). You must specify which SQL back- end dialect to use. Allowed values are: access, sybase, oracle, postgres, mysql and sqlite. -N, --namespace prefix Prefix identifiers with prefix. -S, --batch-size int Size of insert batches on supported platforms. -D, --date-format fmt Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details. -T, --datetime-format fmt Set the date/time format (see strftime(3) for details. -0, --null char Use char to represent a NULL value. -b, --bin strip|raw|octal|hex Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, output \ooo style octal data or output \xx style hexadecimal data. -B, --boolean-words Use TRUE/FALSE in Boolean fields (default is 0/1). --version Print the mdbtools version and exit. NOTES Most of the formatting options actually also works with --insert. ENVIRONMENT MDB_JET3_CHARSET Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1). MDBICONV Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv. MDBOPTS Colon-separated list of options: * debug_like * debug_write * debug_usage * debug_ole * debug_row * debug_props * debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options * no_memo (deprecated; has no effect) * use_index (experimental; requires libmswstr) SEE ALSO mdb-array(1) mdb-count(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-import(1) mdb- json(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-queries(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-ver(1) HISTORY mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1. AUTHORS The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns. BUGS Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current pro- gram does nothing about this. MDBTools 1.0.1 27 August 2026 mdb-export(1)
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