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1METAR(1)                     FlightGear man pages                     METAR(1)
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NAME

6       metar - demo METAR utility for FlightGear
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SYNOPSIS

9       metar -h | --help | [-v | --verbose] [-e elevation | --elevation eleva‐
10       tion] [-r | --report | -c | --command-line] <list of ICAO  airport  IDs
11       or METAR strings>
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DESCRIPTION

14       metar  is a demo utility for FlightGear that retrieves a METAR (encoded
15       weather information) for one or more given airports from  the  Internet
16       and  displays it in a user-readable form. Optionally, it can also print
17       the command-line arguments required to start  fgfs(1)  at  the  current
18       time and with the weather conditions in effect.
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OPTIONS

21       -h, --help
22              Display usage information and exit.
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24       -v, --verbose
25              Display  debugging  information  while  performing  the required
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28       -e elevation, --elevation elevation
29              Set the airport elevation to elevation meters.
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32              Print the weather information on the screen in  a  user-readable
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36              Print the command-line arguments required to start FlightGear at
37              the current time and with the weather conditions in effect.
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EXIT STATUS

40       metar exits with 0 on success, with 1 if the syntax of the command-line
41       arguments is wrong or an error occurs.
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ENVIRONMENT

44       HTTP_PROXY
45           Specifies   the   HTTP   proxy   to   use.  Must  be  in  the  form
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EXAMPLE

49       Print the current weather information for KSFO and KOAK:
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53       Print the current weather information for KSFO, as well as the  command
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59       Print the given METAR string as a user-readable weather report:
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61           $ metar "LOWL 161500Z 19004KT  160V240  9999  FEW035  SCT300  29/23
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