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H5FROMTXT(1)			     h5utils			    H5FROMTXT(1)

NAME
     h5fromtxt - convert text input to an HDF5 file

SYNOPSIS
     h5fromtxt [OPTION]... [HDF5FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     h5fromtxt	takes  a  series  of  numbers  from standard input and outputs a
     multi-dimensional numeric dataset in an HDF5 file.

     HDF5 is a free, portable binary format and supporting library developed  by
     the  National  Center  for Supercomputing Applications at the University of
     Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.  A single h5 file can contain  multiple  data
     sets;  by	default, h5fromtxt creates a dataset called "data", but this can
     be changed via the -d option, or by using the syntax HDF5FILE:DATASET.  The
     -a option can be used to append new datasets to an existing HDF5 file.

     All  characters  besides  the  numbers  (and  associated  decimal	 points,
     etcetera)	in the input are ignored.  By default, the data is assumed to be
     a two-dimensional MxN dataset where M is the number of rows  (delimited  by
     newlines) and N is the number of columns.	In this case, it is an error for
     the  number  of columns to vary between rows.  If M or N is 1 then the data
     is written as a one-dimensional dataset.

     Alternatively, you can specify the dimensions of the  data  explicitly  via
     the -n size option, where size is e.g. "2x2x2".  In this case, newlines are
     ignored  and the data is taken as an array of the given size stored in row-
     major ("C") order (where the last index varies most  quickly  as  you  step
     through the data).  e.g. a 2x2x2 array would be have the elements listed in
     the  order:  (0,0,0), (0,0,1), (0,1,0), (0,1,1), (1,0,0), (1,0,1), (1,1,0),
     (1,1,1).

     A simple example is:

	 h5fromtxt foo.h5 <<EOF
	 1 2 3 4
	 5 6 7 8
	 EOF

     which reads in a 2x4 space-delimited array from standard input.

OPTIONS
     -h     Display help on the command-line options and usage.

     -V     Print the version number and copyright info for h5fromtxt.

     -v     Verbose output.

     -a     If the HDF5 output file already exists, append the	data  as  a  new
	    dataset rather than overwriting the file (the default behavior).  An
	    existing  dataset  of  the same name within the file is overwritten,
	    however.

     -n size
	    Instead of trying to infer the dimensions of the array from the rows
	    and columns of the input, treat the data as a sequence of numbers in
	    row-major order forming an array of dimensions size.  size is of the
	    form MxNxLx... (with M, N, L being numbers) and may be of any dimen-
	    sionality.

     -T     Transpose the input when it is written, reversing the dimensions.

     -d name
	    Write to dataset name in the output; otherwise, the  output  dataset
	    is	 called  "data"  by  default.	Alternatively,	use  the  syntax
	    HDF5FILE:DATASET.

BUGS
     Send bug reports to S. G. Johnson, stevenj@alum.mit.edu.

AUTHORS
     Written by Steven G. Johnson.  Copyright (c) 2005 by the Massachusetts  In-
     stitute of Technology.

h5utils 			  March 9, 2002 		    H5FROMTXT(1)

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