---
name: "trawldb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "trawldb"
version: "0.2.9-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/trawldb"
---

# trawldb(1)

CLI for managing trawl configuration resources

## NAME

trawldb - CLI for managing trawl configuration resources

## SYNOPSIS

**trawldb** \[OPTIONS\] \[--\] \[FILENAME\]

## DESCRIPTION

**trawldb** is a client CLI utility that allows for managing configuration resources stored by Trawl. Trawl is a resource management tool aimed as an xrdb alternative that is session independent, i.e works on both X11 and Wayland.

## OPTIONS

- **-b, --backup \<string\>**

  backup suffix for -edit (default .bak )

- **-c, --cpp \<CPP\>**

  preprocessor to use (default /usr/bin/cpp )

- **-D, --define \<DEFINE\>**

  - **-e, --edit \<filename\>**

  edit resources into file

- **-g, --get \<name\>**

  get the content of a resource

- **-h, --help**

  Print help information

- **-I, --include \<INCLUDE\>**

  - **-l, --load \<filename\>**

  load resources from file

- **-m, --merge \<filename\>**

  merge resources from file & sort

- **--nocpp**

  do not use a preprocessor

- **-q, --query \[\<string\>...\]**

  query resources

- **--remove**

  remove resources

- **-V, --version**

  Print version information

## AUTHORS

Soumya Ranjan Patnaik \<soumyaranjan1812@gmail.com\>, Ken Gilmer \<kgilmer@gmail.com\>