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generates single record MARC files

singlemarcrecord

generates single record MARC files

takes a given binary MARC records file (containing multiple MARC records) and splits it into single binary MARC records files, whereby the file names will be constructed with following pattern:

[ID].mrc

whereby ID will be constructed of:

[PREFIX]-[SOURCE ID]-[MARC RECORD ID FROM 001]

requirements

• argparse
• pymarc

install requirements

1. (optionally) install pip for Python 3.x:

   sudo apt-get install python3-pip

2. install requirements with pip:

   sudo -H pip3 install -r requirements.txt

usage

singlemarcrecord.py [-h] [-prefix PREFIX] [-source_id SOURCE_ID]
                       [-input_file INPUT_FILE]
                       [-output_folder OUTPUT_FOLDER]

optional arguments:

-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-prefix PREFIX        set prefix for id generation
-source_id SOURCE_ID  set source id for id generation
-input_file INPUT_FILE the input MARC file
-output_folder OUTPUT_FOLDER the output folder for the single record MARC files

usage example

./singlemarcrecord.py -prefix [PREFIX] -source_id [SOURCE ID] -input_file [INPUT BINARY MARC FILE] -output_folder [OUTPUT FOLDER FOR SINGLE MARC RECORD FILES]