recfix(1)

recfix1

Check a recfile for errors

Usage

recfix [OPTION] ... [OPERATION] [OP_OPTION] ... [FILE]

Overview

Check and fix rec files.

--no-external

don't use external descriptors.

--force

force the requested operation.

--help

print a help message and exit.

--version

show version and exit.

Operations:

--check

check integrity of the specified file. Default.

--sort

sort the records in the specified file.

--auto

insert auto-generated fields in records missing them.

--encrypt

encrypt confidential fields in the specified file.

--decrypt

decrypt confidential fields in the specified file.

De/Encryption options:

-s, --password=PASSWORD

encrypt/decrypt with this password.

If no FILE is specified then the command acts like a filter, getting the data from standard input and writing the result to standard output.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8–10
  3. 11
  4. 12

--type until Debian 7 (Wheezy); -t until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Author

Written by Jose E. Marchesi.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to: [email protected]
GNU recutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

From recutils 1.9-2 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.