Many of the command line programs that are part of datatools use command line options. These have largely been standardized. Here’s a list of common options and their general roles.
| options | description |
|---|---|
| -h, -help | display help |
| -v, -version | display version |
| -l, -license | display license |
| -i, -input |
read from this input file, to read from standard input use -i
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| -o, -output | write to this output file |
| -quiet | suppress error messages |
| options | description |
|---|---|
| -nl,-newline | if true add a trailing newline, if false suppress it |
| -d, -delimiter | for those commands that support setting delimiters |
| -od, -output-delimiter | for those commands that support output delimiters |
| -s, -start | for start times and indexe values |
| -e, -end | for end times and indexe values |
| -E, -expression | for expressions used by programs, e.g. filter expressions |