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..

       expand table-entry [table-entry [...]]
              Describe a WMO B table entry or expand a WMO D table entry in its components..

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

       index [options] filename index-id
              Index the contents of a table file.

       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

       -c, --csv
              output variables in CSV format

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

       -c, --csv
              output variables in CSV format

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

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

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

       -t type, --type=type
              format of the table to index ('b', 'd', 'conv')

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

AUTHOR

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

                                           may 24, 2012                                 DBATBL(1)