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# $Id: listtotable.txt,v 1.2 2003/03/17 10:10:44 carlo Exp $

                      NoSQL operator: listtotable

Converts from a properly-formatted list into a NoSQL table.

Usage: listtotable [options]

Options:
    --input (-i) 'file'
      Read input from 'file' instead of STDIN.

    --output (-o) 'file'
      Write output to 'file' instead of STDOUT.

    --help (-h)
      Display this help text.

    --no-chomp (-n)
      Do not remove the leading blank inserted by 'tabletolist'
      on continuation lines.

    --trim (-t)
      Strip leading and trailing blanks from each input field
      name and field value.

    --skip (-s) 'pattern'
      Skip input lines that match 'pattern'. The latter must be a
      valid mawk(1) pattern without surrounding slashes. Apply this
      option with care, as skipping input lines may result in an
      invalid output table.

Notes:

If the input list contains duplicated entries, i.e. multiple rows
with the same label (column name), the resulting table may be
broken.

