xcat-core/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/tabdump.1.pod

=head1 NAME

B<tabdump> - display a database table in csv format.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

I<tabdump [table]>

I<tabdump [? | -h | --help]>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The tabdump command displays the header and all the rows of the specified table in csv format.
Only one table can be specified.  If no table is specified, the list of existing
tables will be displayed.

=head1 OPTIONS

B<-?|-h|--help>          Display usage message.

=head1 RETURN VALUE

0 The command completed successfully.

1 An error has occurred.

=head1 EXAMPLES

1. To display the contents of the site table:

  tabdump site

2. To see what tables exist in the xCAT database:

  tabdump

3. To see what tables exist in the xCAT database:

  mkdir -p /tmp/xcatdb.backup
  for i in `tabdump`;do echo "Dumping $i..."; tabdump $i > /tmp/xcatdb.backup/$i.csv; done

=head1 FILES

/opt/xcat/sbin/tabdump

=head1 NOTES

This command is part of the xCAT software product.