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NAME

       grib_compare - Compares the grib messages contained in two files.

DESCRIPTION

       Compares  the grib messages contained in two files one by one in the same order.  If some differences are found it fails returning an error
       code.  All the keys are compared except those listed with the -b option and those that are specific of a different grib edition. Also  data
       values  are  compared  and  are	considered  as	different if their maximum absolute difference is greater than the absolute error, that by
       default is 0.000001.  The value used by the absolute error can be set with te -e option.

USAGE

       grib_compare [options] grib_file grib_file

OPTIONS

       -b key,key,...
	      Black list. All the keys in this list are skipped when comparing the two files.

       -c key,key,...
	      Keys to compare.	Only the listed keys are compared.

       -e tolerance
	      Only values whose difference is more than tolerance are considered different.

       -w key[:{s/d/l}]{=/!=}value,key[:{s/d/l}]{=/!=}value,...
	      Where clause.  Grib messages are processed only if they match all  the  key/value  constraints.	A  valid  constraint  is  of  type
	      key=value or key!=value.	For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be specified. Default type is
	      string.

       -f   Force. Force the execution not to fail on error.

       -V   Version.

       -7   Does not fail when the message has wrong length

       -v   Verbose.

AUTHOR

       This manpage has been autogenerated by Enrico Zini <enrico@debian.org>from the command line help of grib_compare.

grib_compare							    April 2009							   GRIB_COMPARE(1)