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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)

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NXCONVERT(1)						      General Commands Manual						      NXCONVERT(1)

NAME

       nxconvert - convert a NeXus file between different on disk file formats

SYNOPSIS

       nxconvert [-x|-h4|-h5|-d|-o keepws|-o table] [infile [outfile]]

DESCRIPTION

       NeXus  supports	different file formats for physical storage on disk or other media.  nxconvert allows the user to convert a file to a dif-
       ferent backend.

       If no output file is supplied on the command line, the program asks for one interactively. Same if the input file is not given.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -x     make outfile XML

       -h4    make outfile HDF4 (this is the default)

       -h5    make outfile HDF5

       -d     make a XML based definition file used for validating NeXus files (i.e. remove the data).

       -o keepws
	      the XML file created should preserve whitespace.

       -o table
	      the XML file created should write the data in a table format where the columns and rows are easily imported  into  spreadsheet  pro-
	      grams.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.nexusformat.org

AUTHOR

       nxconvert was originally written by Freddie Akeroyd and Ray Osborn.

       This manual page was written by Tobias Richter <Tobias.Richter@diamond.ac.uk> and may be used by others.

								     June 2010							      NXCONVERT(1)
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