Usage:kdbmeta [ ... ]
cmd:
select display contents
target: one of
path-to-database access database metadata
path-to-table access table metadata
path-to-column access column metadata
accession sra global access id
query:
* all nodes and attributes
NAME a named root node and children
PATH/NAME an internal node and children
@ATTR a named attribute
=VALUE a simple value assignment where
value string is text, and binary
values use hex escape codes
tool to display or modify contents of one or more metadata
stores. the target metadata are described by one or more
target specifications, giving the path to a database, a table
or a column. the command and query are executed on each target.
queries name one or more objects, and '*' acts as a wildcard.
query objects are nodes or attributes. nodes are named with a
hierarchical path, like a file-system path. attributes are given
as a node path followed by a '@' followed by the attribute name.