mdbtools

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "[![Build Status](https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools/actions)\n[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/22wwy5d0rrmk6e3c/branch/dev?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/evanmiller/mdbtools/branch/dev)\n[![Fuzzing Status](https://oss-fuzz-build-logs.storage.googleapis.com/badges/mdbtools.svg)](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/list?sort=-opened\u0026can=1\u0026q=proj:mdbtools)\n\nWelcome to the exciting world of MDB Tools! MDB Tools is a set of programs to\nhelp you extract data from Microsoft Access files in various settings. See the\n[NEWS](./NEWS) file for information about the latest release.\n\n## Components\n\nThe major pieces of MDB Tools are:\n\n### libmdb\n\nThe core library that allows access to MDB files programatically. See [mdbtools.h](./include/mdbtools.h.in) for the complete API.\n\n### libmdbsql\n\nBuilds on libmdb to provide a SQL engine (aka Jet). See [mdbsql.h](./include/mdbsql.h) for the complete API.\n\n### utils\n\nProvides command line utilities, including:\n\n| Command | Description |\n| ------- | ----------- |\n| `mdb-ver` | Prints the version (JET 3 or 4) of an mdb file. |\n| `mdb-schema` | Prints DDL for the specified table. |\n| `mdb-export` | Export table to CSV or SQL formats. |\n| `mdb-json` | Export table to JSON format. |\n| `mdb-tables` | A simple dump of table names to be used with shell scripts. |\n| `mdb-count` | A simple count of number of rows in a table, to be used in shell scripts and ETL pipelines. |\n| `mdb-sql` | A simple SQL engine (also used by ODBC and gmdb). |\n| `mdb-queries` | List and print queries stored in the database. |\n| `mdb-hexdump`\\* | (in [src/extras](./src/extras)) Simple hex dump utility to look at mdb files. |\n| `mdb-array`\\* | Export data in an MDB database table to a C array. |\n| `mdb-header`\\* | Generates a C header to be used in exporting mdb data to a C prog. |\n| `mdb-parsecsv`\\* | Generates a C program given a CSV file made with mdb-export. ",
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