NAME

       dbatbl - Manage on-disk reference tables for DB-ALLe

SYNOPSIS

       dbatbl [command] [options] [args...]

DESCRIPTION

       This tool allows to index and query the tables that are needed for normal functioning of DB-ALLe.

       dbatbl  always  requires  a  non-switch  argument,  that  indicates  what is the operation that should be
       performed:

       help
              Print a help summary.

       help manpage
              Print this manpage.

       cat tableid [tableid [...]]
              Output all the contents of a WMO B table..

       grep string
              Output all the contents of the local B table whose description contains the given string..

       expandcode varcode [varcode [...]]
              Expand the value of a packed variable code.

       describe [options] what [values]
              Invoke the formatter to describe the given values.  Supported so far are:  "level  ltype  l1  l2",
              "trange pind p1 p2".

OPTIONS

       dbatbl follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

   Option for command cat
       -?, --help
              print an help message

       --verbose
              verbose output

       -c, --csv
              output variables in CSV format

       --crex read CREX entries instead of BUFR

   Option for command grep
       -?, --help
              print an help message

       --verbose
              verbose output

       -c, --csv
              output variables in CSV format

       --crex read CREX entries instead of BUFR

   Option for command expandcode
       -?, --help
              print an help message

       --verbose
              verbose output

   Option for command describe
       -?, --help
              print an help message

       --verbose
              verbose output

AUTHOR

       dbatbl  has  been  written  by  Enrico  Zini  <enrico@enricozini.com>  for  ARPA Emilia Romagna, Servizio
       Idrometeorologico.

                                                  may 14, 2017                                         DBATBL(1)