---
name: "dbiflat"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbiflat"
---

# dbiflat(1e)

Index a flat file database

## NAME

dbiflat - Index a flat file database

## SYNOPSIS

**dbiflat** **-dbname** *string* **-idformat** *list* **-directory** *directory* **-filenames** *string* **-release** *string* **-date** *string* **-fields** *list* **-exclude** *string* **-maxindex** *integer* **-sortoptions** *string* **-systemsort** *boolean* **-cleanup** *boolean* **-outfile** *outfile* **-indexoutdir** *outdir*

**dbiflat** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**dbiflat** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Utils:Database indexing" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-dbname** *string*

  - **-idformat** *list*

  Default value: SWISS

- **-directory** *directory*

  Default value: .

- **-filenames** *string*

  Default value: \*.dat

### Required section

- **-release** *string*

  Default value: 0.0

- **-date** *string*

  Default value: 00/00/00

### Advanced section

- **-fields** *list*

  Default value: acc

- **-exclude** *string*

  - **-maxindex** *integer*

  - **-sortoptions** *string*

  Sort options, typically '-T .' to use current directory for work files and '-k 1,1' to force GNU sort to use the first field Default value: -T . -k 1,1

- **-systemsort** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-cleanup** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  - **-indexoutdir** *outdir*

  Default value: .

## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

dbiflat is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.