mdb-tables(1)

NAME
mdb-tables - Get listing of tables in an MDB database

SYNOPSIS
mdb-tables [-S] [-1 | -d delimiter] database

DESCRIPTION
mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

It produces a list of tables contained within an MDB database in a format suitable for use in shell scripts.

OPTIONS

-S  Show system tables. System tables are generally those beginning with 'MSys'

-1  specifies that the tables should be listed 1 per line.

-d delimiter
    specifies an alternative delimiter. If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a tab character, or by newline if the -1 option was specified.

NOTES

ENVIRONMENT

MDB_JET3_CHARSET
    Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).

MDBICONV
    Defines the output charset. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.

MDBOPTS
    semi-column separated list of options:

    •   use_index

    •   no_memo

    •   debug_like

    •   debug_write

    •   debug_usage

    •   debug_ole

    •   debug_row

    •   debug_props

    •   debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options

HISTORY
mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.

SEE ALSO
gmdb2(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1)

AUTHORS
The mdb-tables utility was written by Brian Bruns.

BUGS

Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table name.
    You must specify a delimiter (-d) if you intend on piping the output of mdb-tables to a program such as awk or cut.