RECINS(1)

NAME
recins - insert records in a recfile

SYNOPSIS
recins [OPTION]... [-t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e RECORD_EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [(-f NAME -v STR) | -r RECDATA]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
Insert new records in a rec database.

-f, --field=STR
    field name; should be followed by a -v.

-v, --value=STR
    field value; should be preceded by an -f.

-r, --record=STR
    record that will be inserted in the file.

--force
    insert the record even if it is violating record restrictions.

--no-external
    don't use external descriptors.

--no-auto
    don't insert auto generated fields.

--verbose
    give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.

-s, --password=STR
    encrypt confidential fields with the given password.

--help
    print a help message and exit.

--version
    show version and exit.

  Record selection options:

-i, --case-insensitive
    make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.

-t, --type=TYPE
    operate on records of the specified type only.

-e, --expression=RECORD_EXPR
    selection expression.

-q, --quick=STR
    select records with fields containing a string.

-n, --number=NUM,...
    select specific records by position, with ranges.

-m, --random=NUM
    select a given number of random records.

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.

AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010-2019 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for recins is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recins programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info recutils

should give you access to the complete manual.