NXDIR(1)						      General Commands Manual							  NXDIR(1)

NAME

       nxdir - inspect a NeXus file non interactively

SYNOPSIS

       nxdir filename [options]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       About NXdir

       -h|--help
	      Print help information and exit.

       --version
	      Print version information and exit.

       Node Selection

       -p path
	      Path  inside  the file to look in. This can be absolute or relative and can be class or name of a given field. To anchor the path at
	      the beginning or end place a "/" there.  To specify that a level must exist, but the name or class can be anything, use a  dot  ".".
	      To specify that any number of levels can exist, use a star "*".

       Output Control

       -o/+o  Print (or not) the value of selected nodes, if possible. Defaults to false (+o).

       -l|--max-array
	      Change the number of elements that are printed for arrays. Forces "-o". (default: 10)

       -t|--tree-mode value
	      Sets the formatting of the tree. Allowed values are: script, multi, tree. Default is script.

       --path-mode value
	      Select whether paths are written with names or classes. Allowed values are: name, class, both. Default is name.

       --data-mode value
	      How data is printed. Allowed value is script

       --printline value
	      How data is printed with respect to tree. Allowed values is single

       --write-data filename
	      Select a file to write out selected NXdata to.

       --dump filename
	      Generate a binary dump of the selected node.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

       nxdir was originally written by P. F. Peterson <petersonpf@ornl.gov>

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

								     June 2010								  NXDIR(1)