xtduprec

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2002-10-26
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NAME

xtduprec - duplication of a line

 

SYNOPSIS

xtduprec -f numeric attribute [-i INPUT] [-o OUTPUT] [-z] [-t]

 

DESCRIPTION

Duplicates the record based on the numerical value of the attribute at option -f. Instead of counting the number of lines, this command repulicates records.

 

PARAMETERS

-f numerical attribute
numerical attribute for which determines the number of copies to be made

 

FILE OPTIONS

-i input filename
if a suffix of the filename is '.gz', the command acts as a filter, extracting the compressed file for processing. The command will read the file as standard input when "-i" is not specified.
-o output filename
if a suffix of the filename is '.gz', the command automatically returns the output data in zip archive. When "-o" is not specified, the result will sent to standard output.
-z zip archive
compress the standard output to zip archive. When the option "-o" is not given and "-z" is specified, the output will be compressed as zip archive.
-t plain text
xtagg treats the input and output data as plain text format.

 

USAGE

Input file - dat.xt:
<body><![CDATA[
A00004 20020214 1 365
A00004 20020415 5 4349
A00004 20020625 3 5268
A00004 20020810 2 1805
A00004 20021014 2 612
]]></body>

Example 1. Duplicate each record based on the total quantity or each purchase. e.g. xtduprec -f quantity -i dat.xt -o rsl.xt Output file -rsl.xt

<body><![CDATA[
A00004 20020214 1 365
A00004 20020415 5 4349
A00004 20020415 5 4349
A00004 20020415 5 4349
A00004 20020415 5 4349
A00004 20020415 5 4349
A00004 20020625 3 5268
A00004 20020625 3 5268
A00004 20020625 3 5268
A00004 20020810 2 1805
A00004 20020810 2 1805
A00004 20021014 2 612
A00004 20021014 2 612
]]></body>

 

DIAGNOSTICS

Make sure the attribute defined in option -f is a numerial value or the record will be discarded.

 

SEE ALSO

xtcount(1) For complete documentation and tutorial of xtduprec and other commands, please visit http://musashien.sourceforge.net.

 

BUG REPORT

If you find a bug in xtduprec, please send an electronic mail to musashi@adm.osaka-sandai.ac.jp. Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the lastest version of MUSASHI. Read this manual carefully to ensure the error is not caused by a quirk in the language.

 

AUTHORS

Yukinobu Hamuro, Naoki Katoh, Katsutoshi Yada, Stephane Cheung

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS
FILE OPTIONS
USAGE
DIAGNOSTICS
SEE ALSO
BUG REPORT
AUTHORS
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