kdb-namespace.md

kdb-namespace(1) -- Get the namespace of a key name

SYNOPSIS

kdb namespace <key name>

Where key name is the name of the key.

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to retrieve the namespace of a key, including the eventual trailing ':'. For the cascading namespace, the empty string is returned.

RETURN VALUES

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

• 0: No errors.
• 7: invalid key name passed, see kdb(1) for a list of return codes used by kdb.

OPTIONS

• -n, --no-newline: Suppress the newline at the end of the output.

EXAMPLES

kdb namespace user:/key/subkey
#> user:

kdb namespace /key/subkey
#>

SEE ALSO

• See kdb-basename(1) and kdb-dirname(1) for other namepart extraction operations.
• To get keys in shell scripts, you can use kdb-sget(1).
• elektra-key-names(7) for an explanation of key names.