From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 07/11/2025 19:25, Michael Sanders wrote:   
   > On Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:08:26 +0000, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   >   
   >> These options are, essentially, "modes".  The utility provides three   
   >> things it can do and they can't be mixed.  Some utilities use alternate   
   >> names: tinybase-query, tinybase-tag and tinybase-manual would all be   
   >> symbolic links to one executable.  That's probably over the top for this   
   >> program, but I would describe it as three separate use cases with three   
   >> separate syntax lines.   
   >   
   > Well hey there Ben, hope you're doing alright.   
   >   
   > Also hope Janis & Richard are reading too as I've tried   
   > to incorporate the best of all three of your replies.   
   >   
   > Here's where I'm at (like your 'mode' anaology):   
   >   
   > Usage: tinybase [ -q queries... | -t | -m ] [ files... ]   
   >   
   > Options:   
   >   
   >    -q  query mode: find blocks with matching tags or wildcards   
   >        example: tinybase -q 'query1, query2' files   
   >        (if no files are given, reads from standard input)   
   >   
   >    -t  tag index mode: list all unique tags across the given files   
   >        example: tinybase -t files   
   >   
   >    -m  manual mode: show the built-in documentation   
   >   
   > Notes:   
   >   
   >    Multiple queries are comma-separated.   
   >    Wildcards (*, ?) are supported in queries.   
   >    When no files are provided, stdin is read automatically.   
      
   I'm pretty sure I've read every article in this thread, but I   
   still have no idea what tinybase actually does. Is it an analyser   
   for alkaline chemical structures, or a nucleobase designer, or a   
   microRDBMS, or what?   
      
   tinybase really ought to tell you that, in just a sentence or two.   
      
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