recins

Insert records into GNU recutils databases

TLDR

Insert record

$ recins -f [Name] -v "[John]" -f [Email] -v "[[email protected]]" [file.rec]

Insert with type

$ recins -t [Contact] -f [Name] -v "[Jane]" [file.rec]

Insert from template

$ echo "Name: John" | recins [file.rec]

Replace if exists

$ recins -r -f [Name] -v "[John]" [file.rec]

recins adds new records to GNU recutils plain-text database files. Fields and values can be specified on the command line with repeated -f and -v flags, or records can be piped in from stdin in standard recfile format (key-value pairs separated by blank lines).The -t flag assigns a record type, -r replaces an existing record instead of appending, and -S sorts records after insertion. The file is created automatically if it does not exist. Part of the GNU recutils toolkit.

PARAMETERS

-t, --type type

Record type.

-f, --field name

Field name.

-v, --value value

Field value.

-r, --replace

Replace existing.

-n, --name name

Set record descriptor.

-S, --sort field

Sort after insert.

EXAMPLES

$ # Insert single record
recins -f Name -v "Alice" -f Email -v "[email protected]" contacts.rec

# With record type
recins -t Book -f Title -v "1984" -f Author -v "Orwell" library.rec

# Multiple fields
recins -t Product \
  -f Name -v "Widget" \
  -f Price -v "9.99" \
  -f Stock -v "100" \
  inventory.rec

# From stdin
cat << EOF | recins contacts.rec
Name: Bob
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 555-1234
EOF