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RECSEL(1)			 User Commands			     RECSEL(1)

NAME
       recsel -	print records from a recfile

SYNOPSIS
       recsel  [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-j FIELD]	[-n INDEXES | -e RECORD_EXPR |
       -q STR |	-m NUM]	[-c | (-p|-P) FIELD_EXPR] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Select and print	rec data.

       -d, --include-descriptors
	      print record descriptors along with the matched records.

       -C, --collapse
	      do not section the result	in records with	newlines.

       -S, --sort=FIELD,...
	      sort the output by the specified fields.

       -G, --group-by=FIELD,...
	      group records by the specified fields.

       -U, --uniq
	      remove duplicated	fields in the output records.

       -s, --password=STR
	      decrypt confidential fields with the given password.

       --help print a help message and exit.

       --version
	      show version and exit.

   Record selection options:
       -i, --case-insensitive
	      make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.

       -t, --type=TYPE
	      operate on records of the	specified type only.

       -e, --expression=RECORD_EXPR
	      selection	expression.

       -q, --quick=STR
	      select records with fields containing a string.

       -n, --number=NUM,...
	      select specific records by position, with	ranges.

       -m, --random=NUM
	      select a given number of random records.

       -j, --join=FIELD
	      perform an inner join using the specified	field.

   Output options:
       -p, --print=FIELDS
	      comma-separated list  of	fields	to  print  for	each  matching
	      record.

       -P, --print-values=FIELDS
	      as -p, but print only the	values of the selected fields.

       -R, --print-row=FIELDS
	      as -P, but separate the values with spaces instead of newlines.

       -c, --count
	      print  a	count  of  the matching	records	instead	of the records
	      themselves.

   Special options:
       --print-sexps
	      print the	data in	sexps instead of rec format.

AUTHOR
       Written by Jose E. Marchesi.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
       GNU recutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
       General help using GNU software:	<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Jose E. Marchesi.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL ver-
       sion 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free  to	change	and  redistribute  it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation	 for recsel is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and recsel programs are properly installed  at  your	 site,
       the command

	      info recutils

       should give you access to the complete manual.

recsel 1.9			  April	2022			     RECSEL(1)

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