1NXDIR(1)                    General Commands Manual                   NXDIR(1)
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NAME

6       nxdir - inspect a NeXus file non interactively
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SYNOPSIS

9       nxdir filename [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       nxdir allows to retrieve the structure and/or data of a NeXus file.
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OPTIONS

15       About NXdir
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17       -h|--help
18              Print help information and exit.
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20       --version
21              Print version information and exit.
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23       Node Selection
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25       -p path
26              Path  inside  the file to look in. This can be absolute or rela‐
27              tive and can be class or name of a given field.  To  anchor  the
28              path at the beginning or end place a "/" there.  To specify that
29              a level must exist, but the name or class can be anything, use a
30              dot  ".".  To specify that any number of levels can exist, use a
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33       Output Control
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35       -o/+o  Print (or  not)  the  value  of  selected  nodes,  if  possible.
36              Defaults to false (+o).
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38       -l|--max-array
39              Change  the  number  of  elements  that  are printed for arrays.
40              Forces "-o". (default: 10)
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42       -t|--tree-mode value
43              Sets the formatting of the tree.  Allowed  values  are:  script,
44              multi, tree. Default is script.
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46       --path-mode value
47              Select  whether paths are written with names or classes. Allowed
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51              How data is printed. Allowed value is script
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54              How data is printed with respect to tree. Allowed values is sin‐
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57       --write-data filename
58              Select a file to write out selected NXdata to.
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60       --dump filename
61              Generate a binary dump of the selected node.
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SEE ALSO

64       nxbrowse(1) http://www.nexusformat.org
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AUTHOR

67       nxdir was originally written by P. F. Peterson <petersonpf@ornl.gov>
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69       This     manual     page     was     written    by    Tobias    Richter
70       <Tobias.Richter@diamond.ac.uk> and may be used by others.
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74                                   June 2010                          NXDIR(1)