MDBTools(1)
NAME
mdb-tables - Get listing of tables in an MDB database
SYNOPSIS
mdb-tables [-S] [-1 | -d<delimiter>] <database>
DESCRIPTION
mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB database in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.
OPTIONS
- -S Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning
- with 'MSys'
- -1 specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.
- -d delimiter
- specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the -1 option was specified.
NOTES
HISTORY
mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3
AUTHORS
The mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns
BUGS
- Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table name.
- You must specify a delimiter (-d) if you intend on piping the output of mdb-tables to a program such as awk or cut.