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TinyCDB - a very fast and simple package for creating and reading constant databases

From tinycdb 0.81-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running cdb -help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

cdb: Constant DataBase (CDB) tool version 0.80. Usage is:
 query:  cdb -q [-m] [-n recno|-a] cdbfile key
 dump:   cdb -d [-m] [cdbfile|-]
 list:   cdb -l [-m] [cdbfile|-]
 create: cdb -c [-m] [-wrue0] [-t tempfile|-] [-p perms] cdbfile [infile...]
 stats:  cdb -s [cdbfile|-]
 help:   cdb -h
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-0zero-fill duplicate records in create (-c) mode.man
-ccreate mode.man
-ddump mode.man
-eabort (error) on duplicate key in create (-c) mode.man
-hprint short help and exit.man
-llist mode.man
-minput or output is in "map" format, not in native cdb format.man
-nnumfind and print numth record in query (-q) mode.man
-qquery mode.man
-rreplace duplicate keys in create (-c) mode.man
-sstatistics mode.man
-t tempfilespecify temporary file when creating (-c) cdb file (use single dash (-) as tempfile to stop using temp file).man
-udo not insert duplicate keys (unique) in create (-c) mode.man
-wwarn about duplicate keys in create (-c) mode.man

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