TINA-CONVERT(1)

NAME
tina-convert - convert Tina database files from one format to another

SYNOPSIS
tina-convert [-d | - -debug] [-v | - -verbose] convert [-I infmt] [-O outfmt] [-o target] source
tina-convert [-d | - -debug] [-v | - -verbose] list formats
tina-convert [-h | - -help] [-V | - -version]

DESCRIPTION
The tina-convert tool is used to read a tree of tina database items and represent it in a different format. It currently supports three formats passed via the -I and/or -O command-line options:

tina
    The native tina database format.

json
    A hierarchical structure represented as a JSON object.

yaml
    A hierarchical structure represented as a YAML object.

FILES
If the source filename is specified as “-”, tina-convert will read the data from its standard input stream. If a target filename is not specified via the -o command-line option, or if it is specified as “-”, tina-convert will write the converted entries to its standard output stream.

EXIT STATUS

EXAMPLES
Read the tina database, represent it as JSON:

    tina-convert convert -O json ~/.tina

Do the same and save the result as a file:

    tina-convert convert -O json -o tina.json ~/.tina

Read that file and convert it back to the native format, needlessly specifying the output format since tina is the default for both input and output:

    tina-convert convert -I json -O tina tina.json

AUTHORS
The tina-convert tool, along with its documentation, is developed as part of the tina tool by Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>.