NAME

dbfilevalidate - insure the source input is a well-formed Fsdb file

SYNOPSIS

    dbfilevalidate [-vc]

DESCRIPTION

Validates the input file to make sure it is a well-formed fsdb file. If the file is well-formed, it outputs the whole file and exits with a good exit code. For invalid files, it exits with an error exit code and embedded error messages in the stream as comments with "***" in them.

Currently this program checks for rows with missing or extra columns.

OPTIONS

-v or --errors-only

Output only broken lines, not the whole thing.

-c or --correct

Correct errors, if possible. Pad out rows with the empty value; truncate rows with extra values. If errors can be corrected the program exits with a good return code.

-e E or --empty E

give value E as the value for empty (null) records

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d

Enable debugging output.

-i or --input InputSource

Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or - for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

-o or --output OutputDestination

Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or - for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

--autorun or --noautorun

By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The --(no)autorun option controls that behavior within Perl.

--help

Show help.

--man

Show full manual.

SAMPLE USAGE

Input:

    #fsdb sid cid
    1 10
    2
    1 12
    2 12

Command:

    cat TEST/dbfilevalidate_ex.in | dbvalidate

Output:

    #fsdb sid cid
    1 10
    2
    # *** line above is missing field cid.
    1 12
    2 12
    #  | dbfilevalidate 

SEE ALSO

Fsdb.

CLASS FUNCTIONS

new

    $filter = new Fsdb::Filter::dbfilevalidate(@arguments);

Create a new dbfilevalidate object, taking command-line arguments.

set_defaults

    $filter->set_defaults();

Internal: set up defaults.

parse_options

    $filter->parse_options(@ARGV);

Internal: parse command-line arguments.

setup

    $filter->setup();

Internal: setup, parse headers.

run

    $filter->run();

Internal: run over each rows.

finish

    $filter->finish();

Internal: write trailer.

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1991-2008 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2. See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.

cpanm Fsdb

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Fsdb