REMOVE
NAME
remove - delete dataset(s) from file
SYNOPSIS
remove
(-i item) (-a item) (-b item) (-e) (-s) (-n) file
DESCRIPTION
remove
is a program to delete specified datasets from database files. Use the "-i"
option to delete the first dataset matching a specification. Use "-a item" to delete
all
datasets matching a specification. Use "-b item" to remove everything but
the items specified.
Thus "remove -i FX file" would remove
the last fx item while "remove -a FX file" would remove all fx items.
While "remove -bfx." would remove all but the first FX item in the file.
If
no items are specified the program enters a "prompted" mode.
Options
and their meanings are:
-I
Identify program and exit.
-i item
Select first item matching item specification.
-a type
Select all items matching item specification.
-b type
Select all items except those matching item specification.
-e
Remove
everything
from the file except the main header.
-s
Delete selected items and all
subsequent
items that have been processed from them.
-n
Do not query deletion of multiple pattern matches.
INPUT ITEMS
all
Any dataset may be deleted.
VERSION/AUTHOR
3.5 - Mark Huckvale.
SEE ALSO
scopy(SFS1), summary(SFS1)
Fri Jul 09 14:54:32 2004