SYNOPSIS

kdb set <key name> <value>

Where key name is the name of the key you wish to set the value of (or create) and value is the value you would like to set the key to.

DESCRIPTION

This command allows the user to set the value of an individual key. If a cascading key is used that does not resolve to an existing key, the operation is aborted as it is ambiguous.

EMPTY VALUES

To set a key to an empty value, "" should be passed for the value argument.

NEGATIVE VALUES

To set a key to a negative value, -- has to be used to stop option processing. (see example below)

OPTIONS

-H, --help: Show the man page.
-V, --version: Print version info.
-p, --profile <profile>: Use a different kdb profile.
-C, --color <when>: Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.
-q, --quiet: Suppress non-error messages.
--: Do not process any following arguments starting with - as options.
-v, --verbose: Explain what is happening. Prints additional information in case of errors/warnings.
-d, --debug: Give debug information. Prints additional debug information in case of errors/warnings.
-f, --force: Do not perform a cascading lookup if the key provided has a namespace. For example, this bypasses validation specified in the spec: namespace for the given key.

RETURN VALUES

This command will return the following values as an exit status:

0: No errors.
11: Not a valid keyname.
12: Setting a non-existing key without a namespace is not possible.

KDB

/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/verbose: Same as -v: Explain what is happening.
/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/quiet: Same as -q: Suppress default messages.

EXAMPLES

To set a Key to the value Hello World!:
kdb set user:/example/key "Hello World!"

To set a key to an empty value:
kdb set user:/example/key ""

To set a key to a negative value:
kdb set -- /tests/neg -3

To create bookmarks:
kdb set user:/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/bookmarks ""

Followed by:
kdb set user:/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/bookmarks/kdb user:/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current