---
name: "nosql"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nosql"
version: "4.0.14-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nosql"
---

# nosql(1)

Relational Database Management System

## NAME

NoSQL - Relational Database Management System

## SYNOPSIS

**command** *arguments...*

## INTRODUCTION

This manual page briefly documents **NoSQL 2.4.7**. It was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead it contains documentation in HTML format.

**NoSQL** is a fast, portable, relational database management system without arbitrary limits other than memory and processor speed.

**NoSQL** uses the ‘operator/stream' DBMS paradigm described in *”Unix Review“, March, 1991, page 24*, entitled *”A 4GL Language“*. The operators are Unix filters, in other words, they read tables or lists from stdin and write output (also tables or lists) to stdout. They are typically connected by pipes to do staged processing.

The operators work with relational data in ASCII files. The fields in each row are separated by a ‘TAB' char and the row is terminated with a ‘NEWLINE' char.  The first row (the header) contains the names for each column preceded by the ASCII character SOH (0x01). Subsequent rows (the body) contain the data values.

## DESCRIPTION

The *commands* are stored in *command -h*. The following table lists a short overview of the NoSQL commands: (Tables are NoSQL tables, unless explicitly mentioned otherwise)

| | |
| --- | --- |
| addcolumn | append new empty column(s) |
| addrow | append a new empty record |
| column | select column(s) from table |
| compute | apply AWK to table data, using column names |
| ctime | convert values of a column from seconds since epoch into a C date |
| depend | assess functional dependency between two table columns |
| edittable | edit a table in list or row format |
| filter | run standard utilities on a table |
| gregorian | convert selected date columns from Julian to Gregorian calendar |
| index | create an index file for the given columns |
| islist | check for list correctness |
| istable | check for table correctness |
| jointable | join two sorted tables on a common field |
| julian | convert selected date columns from Gregorian to Julian calendar |
| keysearch | display records where first field begins with a given string |
| listtotable | convert list into table |
| maketable | build a valid table header from a table cross-reference file |
| nblparser | NoSQL Brokering Language (NBL) interpreter |
| number | insert a unique record identifier into a table |
| prtable | experimental table formatter for character displays |
| random | pick one or more records at random from a table |
| rdbtotable | converts an /rdb table into NoSQL format |
| rename | rename a table column |
| repair | repair a broken table |
| rmcolumn | remove selected columns from a table |
| row | select rows matching a given AWK expression using column names |
| search | fast-search of an indexed table |
| sorttable | sort a table on one or more columns |
| soundex | computes soundex codes for specified columns |
| subtotal | compute subtotals on selected table columns |
| tabletocsv | convert a table into CSV (comma-separated values) format |
| tabletolist | convert from table to list format |
| tabletordb | convert a table into /rdb format |
| tmptable | temporary table creator |
| total | sum up selected table columns |
| union | concatenates multiple tables |
| unique | makes a table unique on the key field |
| update | insert/update/delete rows according to an edit table |
| viewtable | comfortable table viewer |
| xreftable | cross-reference a table |

## SEE ALSO

[**awk**(1)](/awk/1.md), [**perl**(1)](/perl/1.md), [**rcs**(1)](/rcs/1.md), [**lockfile**(1)](/lockfile/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Carlo Strozzi \<carlos@linux.it\>.\
 Manual page by David Frey \<dfrey@debian.org\>