fmatch

NAME

SYNOPSIS

fmatch -k key_regex [ -f data_file ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

The structure of the data_file is:

key;values_list;

where empty lines and lines starting with a # are considered as comments. The backslash can be used to define rows spanning multiple lines in the data_file.

The values_list is a white space separated list of values for a certain key and are returned as a uniquely sorted list to stdout.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-k key_regex

key as regular expression as known from the egrep(1) command for selecting the related values in the data_file.

-f data_file

file to select the values from. If the environment variable $FMATCH_DATA_FILE is set this option is optional. The data_file must have the following format:

key;values;

Empty lines and lines starting with a # are considered as comments. The backslash can be used to define rows spanning multiple lines in the data_file.

Example data_file :

#
# etc/hostlist.dat - hostlist csv database file
#
# [00] 12.08.2008 CWa   Initial Version
#

#
# Format:
#
#   key ::= <Customer>--<SERVER_ENVIRONMENT>
#
#   <key>;<value_list>;
#

ACME--INFRASTRUCTURE;   acme001 acme002;

LooneyTunes--TEST;      ltunes001 ltunes005 ltunes008; 
LooneyTunes--PRODUCTION;ltunes002 ltunes003 ltunes004 \
                        ltunes006 ltunes007;

BOULDER--DEVELOPMENT;   boulder000 boulder001 boulder002; 
BOULDER--TEST;          boulder100 boulder101 boulder102; 
BOULDER--PRODUCTION;    boulder201 boulder201 boulder202 \
                        boulder203;

ENVIRONMENT

$FMATCH_DATA_FILE

data_file as specified in the -f option. When this environment variable is set, the -f option is optional.

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

4

usage message listed.

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