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Command-File Syntax Check

Command-File Syntax Check
The-s option performs a syntax check on the FILE and INSERT statements in
the specifieddbload command file. The screen displays the command file
with any errors marked where they are found.
You can redirect the-s output to a file with the redirect symbol (>).
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-s instructsdbload to check the syntax of the statements in the
command file without inserting data.
>output file specifiesthe name of the file where the output from the syntax
check is stored.
-inumber rows ignore instructsdbload to ignore the specified number
ofNEWLINE characters.
-s
>output file
Command-File
Syntax Check
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-inumber rows ignore
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