DAT2GMT(1gmt)						       Generic Mapping Tools						     DAT2GMT(1gmt)

NAME

       dat2gmt - Convert an ASCII file to a binary gmt file

SYNOPSIS

       dat2gmt gmtfile

DESCRIPTION

       dat2gmt reads an ASCII version of a gmt file (made by gmt2dat) from standard input and creates a binary gmt file.

EXAMPLES

       To create a gmt file from the ASCII file c2104_fixed.ascii, run

       dat2gmt c2104.gmt < c2104_fixed.ascii

SEE ALSO

       gmt2dat(1), GMT(1)

REFERENCES

       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 2011, The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) version 4.5.7 Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79(47), p. 579.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76(33), p. 329.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released, http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html, Copyright
       1995 by the American Geophysical Union.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and Display Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72(41), p. 441.

GMT 4.5.7							    15 Jul 2011 						     DAT2GMT(1gmt)