Ubuntu Manpage: ncpdq - netCDF Permute Dimensions Quickly, Pack Data Quietly...

NAME

       ncpdq - netCDF Permute Dimensions Quickly, Pack Data Quietly...

SYNTAX

       ncpdq  [-3]  [-4]  [-5] [-6] [-7] [-A] [-a dim[,...]]  [--bfr sz_byt][-C][-c][--cnk_byt sz_byt][--cnk_csh
       sz_byt][--cnk_dmn nm,sz_lmn] [--cnk_map map] [--cnk_min sz_byt]  [--cnk_plc  plc]  [--cnk_scl  sz_lmn][-D
       dbg_lvl]  [-d  dim,[  min][,[  max]]]  [-F]  [--fl_fmt=fmt] [-G gpe_dsc] [-g grp[,...]]  [--glb att_name=
       att_val]] [-h] [--hdf] [--hdr_pad sz_byt][--hpss_try] [-L dfl_lvl] [-l path] [-M pck_map] [--mrd] [--msa]
       [--no_cll_msr] [--no_frm_trm] [--no_tmp_fl] [-O] [-o output-file] [-P pck_plc] [-p  path]  [--ppc  var1[,
       var2[,...]]=  prc]] [-R] [-r] [--ram_all] [-t thr_nbr] [-U] [--uio] [--unn] [-v var[,...]]  [-X box] [-x]
       input-file [ output-file ]

DESCRIPTION

ncpdq packs or re-shapes variables in input-file and stores them in output-file. Which variables to
pack/unpack are determined by the packing policy encoded in the pck_plc argument to the -P switch. Valid
pck_plc options are all_new, all_xst, xst_new, and upk. The numeric type of variable to pack or re-pack
a variable to is determined by the packing map encoded in the pck_map argument to the -M switch. Valid
pck_map options are flt_byt, flt_sht, hgh_byt, hgh_sht, and nxt_lsr.

ncpdq re-shapes variables in input-file by re-ordering and/or reversing dimensions specified in the
dimension list. The dimension list is a comma separated list of dimension names, optionally prefixed by
negative signs, that follow the -a switch. To re-order variables by a subset of their dimensions,
specify these dimensions in a comma-separated list following -a, e.g., -a lon,lat. To reverse a
dimension, prefix its name with a negative sign in the dimension list, e.g., -a -lat. Re-ordering and
reversal may be performed simultaneously, e.g., -a lon,-lat,time,-lev.

Users may specify any permutation of dimensions, including permutations which change the record dimension
identity. The record dimension is re-ordered like any other dimension. The record dimension is always
the most slowly varying dimension in a record variable. The specified re-ordering will fail if it
requires creating more than one record dimension amongst all the output variables.

AUTHOR

       NCO manual pages written by Charlie Zender and originally formatted by Brian Mays.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <http://sf.net/bugs/?group_id=3331>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1995-present Charlie Zender
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.   There  is  NO  warranty;  not  even  for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       The full documentation for NCO is maintained as a Texinfo manual called the NCO Users Guide.  Because NCO
       is  mathematical  in nature, the documentation includes TeX-intensive portions not viewable on character-
       based displays.  Hence the only complete and authoritative versions of the NCO Users Guide  are  the  PDF
       (recommended),  DVI, and Postscript versions at <http://nco.sf.net/nco.pdf>, <http://nco.sf.net/nco.dvi>,
       and   <http://nco.sf.net/nco.ps>,   respectively.    HTML   and   XML   versions   are    available    at
       <http://nco.sf.net/nco.html> and <http://nco.sf.net/nco.xml>, respectively.

       If the info and NCO programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info nco

       should give you access to the complete manual, except for the TeX-intensive portions.

       ncap(1),  ncap2(1),  ncatted(1),  ncbo(1),  ncclimo(1),  nces(1), ncecat(1), ncflint(1), ncks(1), nco(1),
       ncpdq(1), ncra(1), ncrcat(1), ncremap(1), ncrename(1), ncwa(1)

HOMEPAGE

       The NCO homepage at <http://nco.sf.net> contains more information.

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