.TH DBF2ASCII 1 "May 1997".SH NAMEdbf2ascii \- convert dBase files to ascii format.SH SYNOPSIS.B "dbf2ascii [-s\fIseparator\fP] [-t] [-d] [-n] [-f\fIlist\fP] \fIfile\fP".PPThis tool reads a dBase database file and outputs all records inan ASCII format. The purpose of the program is to easily port yourold-style DOS database files into a Unix system..SH OPTIONS.TP.B -s\fIseparator\fPDefines the separator to put between fields. If not given, uses atabulator. Make sure that this separator doesn't appear anywherein the database (example: "-s:")..TP.B -tTruncates fields. Whitespace at the beginning and end of afixed-length numerical or string field are thrown away..TP.B -dAlso prints records that have the "deleted" flag set..TP.B -nPrints column headings on the first line..TP.B -f\fIlist\fPOnly print selected columns. The list is in the same format as for.I cut (1)..SH WRITTEN BYFrank Pilhofer <fp@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>..PPThis is "Like it or Loathe it"-Ware. It worksfor me, and I'm not terribly interested in improving it. Have funhacking the source..SH SEE ALSOhttp://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~fp/.PPFor the DBF file format, see http://www.wotsit.demon.co.uk/.PPHave a look of PostgreSQL http://postgreSQL.org/ as a freeUnix-based SQL database system.