NAME
cdbget - search for a record in a constant database
SYNOPSIS
cdbget
key
[
skip
]
DESCRIPTION
cdbget
searches for a record with key
key
in a constant database.
The constant database must be readable (and seekable) on
R cdbget 's
standard input.
Normally
cdbget
prints the data in the first record with key
key
and exits 0.
If there is no record with the key
R key ,
cdbget
exits 100 without printing anything.
If
cdbget
encounters a read error, write error, or database format error, it complains
and exits 111.
Given a numeric
skip
argument,
cdbget
skips past the first
skip
records with key
R key ,
and prints the data in the next record.
SEE ALSO
cdbmake(1),
cdbdump(1),
cdbstats(1)
