NAME

       gmtconvert - Convert between ASCII and binary 1-D tables


SYNOPSIS

       gmtconvert  [  inputfiles]  [  -H[nrec]  ] [ -M[flag] ] [ -V ] [ -: ] [
       -bi[s]n ] [ -bo[s][n] ]


DESCRIPTION

       gmtconvert reads its standard input [or inputfiles] and writes out  the
       information  to standard output. Its main purpose is to convert between
       binary and ASCII data tables. Input (and hence output) may have  multi-
       ple subheaders if -M is selected.

       datafile(s)
              ASCII  (or  binary,  see  -bi)  file(s) holding a number of data
              columns.


OPTIONS

       -H     Input file(s) has Header record(s). Number of header records can
              be  changed  by  editing  your  .gmtdefaults  file. If used, GMT
              default is 1 header record.

       -M     Multiple segment file(s). Segments are separated  by  a  special
              record.   For  ASCII  files  the  first  character  must be flag
              [Default is ’>’].  For binary files all fields must be NaN.

       -V     Selects verbose mode, which will send progress reports to stderr
              [Default runs "silently"].

       -:     Toggles  between  (longitude,latitude)  and (latitude,longitude)
              input/output. [Default  is  (longitude,latitude)].   Applies  to
              geographic coordinates only.

       -bi    Selects  binary input. Append s for single precision [Default is
              double].  Append n for the  number  of  columns  in  the  binary
              file(s).

       -O     Selects  Overlay  plot mode [Default initializes a new plot sys-
              tem].


EXAMPLES

       To convert the binary file test.b (single precision) with 4 columns  to
       ASCII, try

       gmtconvert test.b -bis4 > test.dat

       To  convert  the multiple segment ASCII table test.d to a double preci-
       sion binary file, try

       gmtconvert test.d -M -bo > test.b


SEE ALSO

       gmt(l), minmax(l)



GMT3.4.6                          1 Jan 2005                     GMTCONVERT(l)

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