% VERSION=0.1; 
% PACKAGE=dbf2txt-$VERSION
% tar -zxvf $PACKAGE.tar.gz
% cd $PACKAGE
% ./configure [1]
% make 
$ make install

% dbf2txt --help
Usage: dbf2txt [options]... 

Help and Configuration:
-h, --help                             Print this help
Query (SQL Style):
-d, --desc="ARCHIVE.DBF"               Describe an DBF 
-s, --select="FIELD..."                Select data field(s)
-f, --from="ARCHIVE.DBF"               Archive DBF
-w, --where="CONDITION..."             Condition filter clause
-o, --order="FIELD..."                 Sort field(s)
Output (optional plugins):
-x, --xdump="NAME"                     Dump to plugin output. Use `-x help` for a list of loaded plugins

% dbf2txt --desc test.dbf 
+------------------------------------------+
| DataBase type: 0x03   Update: 2012-10-03 |
| FoxBASE+/dBASE III plus, no memo         |
+------------+-------------+---------------+
| Number of  | Position of | Len of Record |
| Records    | 1st  Record | w delete flag |
+------------+-------------+---------------+
+------------+-------------+-------+-------+
| Field Name | Type        | Len   | Dec   |
+------------+-------------+-------+-------+
| ID         | N Numeric   |    10 |     0 |
| DES        | C Character |     5 |     0 |
| PRZ        | N Numeric   |    10 |     2 |
+------------+-------------+-------+-------+

% dbf2txt --from test.dbf
+----+------+-------+
| ID | DES  | PRZ   |
+----+------+-------+
|  1 | Dw1A | 18.47 |
|  2 | Fu2A | 25.28 |
|  3 | Cx1A | 13.25 |
|  4 | Gu2A | 28.97 |
|  5 | Lp4B | 54.95 |
|  6 | By0A |  8.57 |
|  7 | Fu2A | 26.07 |
|  8 | Dw1A | 15.60 |
|  9 | Pl6C | 73.01 |
| 10 | Nn5B | 64.43 |
| 11 | Gt2A | 31.66 |
| 12 | Jq4B | 47.27 |
| 13 | Nm5B | 66.34 |
| 14 | Gt2A | 30.33 |
| 15 | Pk6C | 75.25 |
| 16 | Gt2A | 32.11 |
| 17 | Nn5B | 62.11 |
| 18 | Cx1A | 13.95 |
| 19 | Kq4B | 48.41 |
+----+------+-------+

% dbf2txt --select "PRZ DES" --from test.dbf
+-------+------+
| PRZ   | DES  |
+-------+------+
| 18.47 | Dw1A |
| 25.28 | Fu2A |
| 13.25 | Cx1A |
| 28.97 | Gu2A |
| 54.95 | Lp4B |
|  8.57 | By0A |
| 26.07 | Fu2A |
| 15.60 | Dw1A |
| 73.01 | Pl6C |
| 64.43 | Nn5B |
| 31.66 | Gt2A |
| 47.27 | Jq4B |
| 66.34 | Nm5B |
| 30.33 | Gt2A |
| 75.25 | Pk6C |
| 32.11 | Gt2A |
| 62.11 | Nn5B |
| 13.95 | Cx1A |
| 48.41 | Kq4B |
+-------+------+

% dbf2txt --select "PRZ DES" --from test.dbf --where "PRZ>50"
+-------+------+
| PRZ   | DES  |
+-------+------+
| 54.95 | Lp4B |
| 73.01 | Pl6C |
| 64.43 | Nn5B |
| 66.34 | Nm5B |
| 75.25 | Pk6C |
| 62.11 | Nn5B |
+-------+------+

% dbf2txt --select "PRZ DES" --from test.dbf --where "PRZ>50 and DES=N"
+-------+------+
| PRZ   | DES  |
+-------+------+
| 64.43 | Nn5B |
| 66.34 | Nm5B |
| 62.11 | Nn5B |
+-------+------+

% dbf2txt --select "PRZ DES" --from test.dbf --where "PRZ>50 and DES!=N"
+-------+------+
| PRZ   | DES  |
+-------+------+
| 54.95 | Lp4B |
| 73.01 | Pl6C |
| 75.25 | Pk6C |
+-------+------+

% dbf2txt --select "PRZ DES" --from test.dbf --where "PRZ>50 and DES=N" --order "PRZ"
+-------+------+
| PRZ   | DES  |
+-------+------+
| 62.11 | Nn5B |
| 64.43 | Nn5B |
| 66.34 | Nm5B |
+-------+------+

% dbf2txt --from test.dbf --order "DES PRZ"
+----+------+-------+
| ID | DES  | PRZ   |
+----+------+-------+
|  6 | By0A |  8.57 |
|  3 | Cx1A | 13.25 |
| 18 | Cx1A | 13.95 |
|  8 | Dw1A | 15.60 |
|  1 | Dw1A | 18.47 |
|  2 | Fu2A | 25.28 |
|  7 | Fu2A | 26.07 |
| 14 | Gt2A | 30.33 |
| 11 | Gt2A | 31.66 |
| 16 | Gt2A | 32.11 |
|  4 | Gu2A | 28.97 |
| 12 | Jq4B | 47.27 |
| 19 | Kq4B | 48.41 |
|  5 | Lp4B | 54.95 |
| 13 | Nm5B | 66.34 |
| 17 | Nn5B | 62.11 |
| 10 | Nn5B | 64.43 |
| 15 | Pk6C | 75.25 |
|  9 | Pl6C | 73.01 |
+----+------+-------+

% dbf2txt --xdump HELP
Available xdump plugins:
name:   descriprion: [lib]
CSV     Comma-Separated Value (CSV)
SQL     Structured Query Language (SQL)
XML     Extensible Markup Language (XML)

% dbf2txt --select "id desc" --from test.dbf -x sql
-- SQL dump created by dbf2txt version 0.1
-- please report bugs at ixamit_at_gmail_dot_com
--
-- ----------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `test`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test`;
CREATE TABLE `test` (
  `ID` int(10),
  `DES` varchar(5) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci

  /* Modify and or/Add KEYS */
  # PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;

--
-- Dumping data from table `test`
--

LOCK TABLES `test` WRITE;
INSERT INTO `test` VALUES 
(1,"Dw1A"),
(2,"Fu2A"),
(3,"Cx1A"),
(4,"Gu2A"),
(5,"Lp4B"),
(6,"By0A"),
(7,"Fu2A"),
(8,"Dw1A"),
(9,"Pl6C"),
(10,"Nn5B"),
(11,"Gt2A"),
(12,"Jq4B"),
(13,"Nm5B"),
(14,"Gt2A"),
(15,"Pk6C"),
(16,"Gt2A"),
(17,"Nn5B"),
(18,"Cx1A"),
(19,"Kq4B");
UNLOCK TABLES;

% dbf2txt --from test.dbf -x sql | mysql -u user -p database
Enter password: **********
%

% cd $PACKAGE
% vi configure.in
  (add "plugin/xyz/Makefile" to macro AC_OUTPUT)
% vi plugin/Makefile.am
  (add xyz to SUBDIRS)
% cp -R plugin/foo plugin/xyz
% mv plugin/xyz/foo.c plugin/xyz/xyz.c 
% vi plugin/xyz/Makefile.am
  (change any foo to xyz)
% vi plugin/xyz/xyz.c 
  (change any FOO to XYZ)

% autoreconf
% make clean
% make 
$ make install

#include "dump.h"

int plugin_init (PLUGIN *xyz)
{ 
   xyz->name="XYZ";
   xyz->desc="Xor Yeti Zanzibar (XYZ)";
   xyz->vers="0.1";

   return 0;
}

void XYZ_HEAD (DBF *dbf) 
{
   // Header
   int i;
   FOREACH_SELECT(i)
   {
      printf ("%s\n",DBFIELD_NAME(i));
   }
}

void XYZ_TAIL (DBF *dbf) 
{
   // TAIL
}

void XYZ_BODY (DBF *dbf,int RecNumber)
{
   // BODY
   int i;
   FOREACH_SELECT(i)
   {
      DBFIELD_LOAD_CONTENTS(i);
      printf ("%s\n",DBFIELD_CONTENTS);
   }
}