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mxformat(1) USER COMMANDS mxformat(1) NAME mxformat - Text data set conversion/merging tool of the McXtrace X-ray trace simulation package SYNOPSIS mxformat [--format=FORMAT] [file|dir ...] DESCRIPTION The mxformat command is the text data conversion tool of the McXtrace pack- age. It may convert any kind of McXtrace data into an other format. Addi- tionally, it can merge equivalent data sets. These might be for instance two simulations made independently (e.g. on a grid or cluster) with the same instrument and parameters. The result will be as if the simulation was performed once on a single machine. The command can merge at the same time many data sets into families. When given directories as input, mxformat works recursively, and the resulting data set follows the same directory hierarchy as the input data sets. McXtrace is a general tool for simulating neutron scattering instruments and experiments. It is actively supported by DTU Physics, ESRF, and Univer- sity of Copenhagen McXtrace is based on a compiler [mcxtrace(1)] that reads a high-level spec- ification language defining the instrument to be simulated and produces C code that performs the Monte Carlo Simulation. The system is very fast in use, both when setting up the instrument definition and when doing calcula- tions. McXtrace supports all neutron scattering instruments, including triple- axis, time-of-flight instruments, and polarised neutrons. It comes with a comprehensive manual and a library of well-tested components that include most standard elements of neutron scattering instruments, including steady- state and pulsed sources, monochromators/analysers, guides, collimators, vanadium and powder samples, velocity selectors and choppers, and a variety of detectors. The package consists of the following user commands: mxgui(1) is the graphical user interface. Then use the X-ray Site menu to se- lect an example instrument, and access the whole documentation for the Help menu. It contains an instrument editor, methods to plot simulation results, and much more mxrun(1) is the command-line tool for building and running simulations mxplot(1) is the simulation results plotting tool mxdisplay(1) is the instrument geometry and neutron trajectory viewer mxdoc(1) is the documentation tool mcxtrace(1) is the instrument compiler mxformat(1) can transform any text data set from one format to an other. It does not support conversion from binary data sets. It can also merge equivalent results. We encourage users to refer to the User and Component Manuals, which are available with the command mxdoc OPTIONS --format=FORMAT Specifies wanted output format, i.e. PGPLOT, Matlab, Scilab, IDL, HTML, XML, Octave, ... -d DIR | --dir=DIR Put all data files in directory DIR. -f FILE | --file=FILE Put all data in a single file. -a | --data-only Do not put any headers in the data files. --no-output-files | -t | --test Do not write any data files (test mode). -h | --help Show the command help. -c | --force Force writting in existing directories and enable relaxed merging mode (no name check). Use with caution ! -m | --merge Add/Append equivalent data files and lists -s | --scan Gather simulations per scan series (and merge equivalent data sets) -so | --scan-only Create scan series but does not merge data --verbose Verbose mode EXAMPLES Typical usage (put translated files in outdir) mxformat indir -d outdir Merge two equivalent simulations dir1 and dir2 into dir3 mxformat --format=Matlab dir1 dir2 -d dir3 BUGS mxformat can only handle text data sets. Data sets generated with binary files can not be translated. Additionally, as mxformat works by identification of specific keywords in each data file, if these keywords match some file or component names, the meta data used to identify the simulation might be guessed wrong. Anyway, the data set will still be exact. McXtrace is a large package, and bugs might be found. If so, please report to http://trac.mcxtrace.org/ and the mailing list mcxtrace-users@mcx- trace.org AUTHOR Erik B Knudsen, Peter Kjaer Willendrup, Kim Lefmann, and SA,ren Schmidt SEE ALSO mcxtrace(1), mxrun(1), mxdisplay(1), mxplot(1), mxgui(1), mxdoc(1), mxfor- mat(1) web site: <http://www.mcxtrace.org> mailing list: <mailto:mcxtrace-users@mcxtrace.org> matlab(1), idl(1), octave(1), vitess(1), NISP(1), restrax(1), mcnp(1), tripoli(1) McXtrace 1.2 - Jul. 02, 2015 mxformat(1)
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