makedb - Create simple DB database from textual input.

makedb was written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.

       This manpage was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-03-04                                          MAKEDB(1)

       This program is mainly used to generate database files for the libnss_db.so module for the Name Service
       Switch.

       makedb - Create simple DB database from textual input.

-f, --fold-case
               Convert key to lower case.

       -o, --outputOUTPUT-FILE
               Write output to file OUTPUT-FILE-q, --quiet
               Do not print messages while building database.

       -u, --undo
               Print content of database file, one entry a line

       -?, --help
               Give help message.

       --usage Give a short usage message.

       -V, --version
               Print program version.

makedb[options]INPUT-FILEOUTPUT-FILEmakedb[options]-oOUTPUT-FILEINPUT-FILEmakedb[options]-uINPUT-FILE