05-23-2006
Clearing file contents
Are there any other UNIX commands (apart from '>filename) which can be used to clear the file contents?
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nxbrowse
NXBROWSE(1) General Commands Manual NXBROWSE(1)
NAME
nxbrowse - browse a NeXus file
SYNOPSIS
nxbrowse [filename]
DESCRIPTION
nxbrowse asks for a filename is none is given on the command line. The file is opened and can be interactively explored using the commands
described below.
OPTIONS
No command line options are supported.
COMMANDS
When the file is opened nxbrowse will print out its version number and the contents of the NXroot node of the NeXus file followed by its
prompt: NX>
These case insensitive commands are recognised:
help Give out list of available commands. Synonym: info
exit Exit the program. Synonym: quit
dir List the contents of the current group. Synonym: ls
open groupName
Open the NeXus group groupName. Same as: cd groupName
close Closes the NeXus group groupName, i.e. moves up one level in the hierarchy. Same as: cd ..
read dataItem [dimension indicies ...]
Print the contents of the NeXus data item labelled dataItem. dimension indicies is an optional comma separated list of dimensions
of the correct rank to specify one value.
dump dataItem fileName
Write the contents of the NeXus data item labelled dataItem to a new file named fileName.
byteaschar
Toggle treating (signed and unsigned) byte data as characters.
If your version of nxbrowse has been compiled with readline support you can use tab completion for commands, groups and data.
SEE ALSO
nxdir(1) http://www.nexusformat.org
AUTHOR
nxbrowse was originally written by Ray Osborn <ROsborn@anl.gov>
This manual page was written by Tobias Richter <Tobias.Richter@diamond.ac.uk> and may be used by others.
June 2010 NXBROWSE(1)