1NXBROWSE(1)                 General Commands Manual                NXBROWSE(1)
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NAME

6       nxbrowse - browse a NeXus file
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SYNOPSIS

9       nxbrowse [filename]
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DESCRIPTION

12       nxbrowse  asks for a filename is none is given on the command line. The
13       file is opened and can be interactively  explored  using  the  commands
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OPTIONS

17       No command line options are supported.
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COMMANDS

20       When  the file is opened nxbrowse will print out its version number and
21       the contents of the NXroot node of  the  NeXus  file  followed  by  its
22       prompt: NX>
23       These case insensitive commands are recognised:
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25       help   Give out list of available commands. Synonym: info
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27       exit   Exit the program. Synonym: quit
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29       dir    List the contents of the current group. Synonym: ls
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31       open groupName
32              Open the NeXus group groupName. Same as: cd groupName
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34       close  Closes the NeXus group groupName, i.e. moves up one level in the
35              hierarchy. Same as: cd ..
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37       read dataItem [dimension indicies ...]
38              Print the contents of the NeXus  data  item  labelled  dataItem.
39              dimension indicies is an optional comma separated list of dimen‐
40              sions of the correct rank to specify one value.
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42       dump dataItem fileName
43              Write the contents of the NeXus data item labelled dataItem to a
44              new file named fileName.
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46       byteaschar
47              Toggle treating (signed and unsigned) byte data as characters.
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49       If your version of nxbrowse has been compiled with readline support you
50       can use tab completion for commands, groups and data.
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SEE ALSO

53       nxdir(1) http://www.nexusformat.org
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AUTHOR

56       nxbrowse was originally written by Ray Osborn <ROsborn@anl.gov>
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58       This    manual    page    was     written     by     Tobias     Richter
59       <Tobias.Richter@diamond.ac.uk> and may be used by others.
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63                                   June 2010                       NXBROWSE(1)