HDF Command-Line Utilities

15.16 The HDF User-Contributed Utilities

In addition to the command-line utilities supported by NCSA, a number of utilities have been contributed by HDF users. Although they are not supported by NCSA, these utilities are distributed by NCSA via anonymous ftp at hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the "/pub/dist/HDF/contrib" directory. These utilities, which are listed and briefly described in Table 15D, will not be discussed in this manual.

Note that this list is current as of the release date of this manual. A updated list of all of the user-contributed HDF utilities is available in the "README" file at the HDF ftp site and directory location mentioned above.

TABLE 15D - HDF User-Contributed Utilities

Name Description

yuvconvert Converts raster images in an HDF file to mpeg format.

LinkWinds Interactively accesses, displays and performs analysis on multidisciplinary data sets. Includes its own graphical user interface.

fixver Removes garbage data from the end of the version tag in the specified file for the benefit of applications, like the Macintosh port of NCSA Collage, that do not deal with this garbage data well.

ReadDF Reads the contents of an HDF or a netCDF file into the Silicon Graphics Iris Explorer.

hdfinfo Displays general information about the contents of an HDF file.

hdf24seq Sequentially displays 24-bit raster images in HDF files. Tested on IBM RS/6000 and some SGI workstations.

mhdf24seq Provides the same functionality as hdf24seq, but allows the user to display raster image data from more than one HDF file at a time.

vs2ris Converts Vset data in the specified file to HDF RIS format.

vs2ps Converts Vset data in the specified file to PostScript format.

inspectHDF Displays general information about the contents of an HDF file.

fits2hdf Converts FITS-formatted data to HDF format.

fix32luf Fixes a bug in HDF version 3.2 revisions 1, 2 and 3 where SDS strings are written incorrectly.

sds2ris Converts SDS data in the specified input file to RIS format, then writes the converted data to the specified output file.

cgmct.to.raster.npoc Converts graphical data from a CGM clear text metafile, as outputted by CA-DISSPLA and CA-GKS to either raw raster images and CLUTs and stores it in a generic output file, or to RIS8 data and stores it in an HDF file.

cgmct.to.raster.withpc Converts graphical data from a CGM clear text metafile, as outputted by CA-DISSPLA and CA-GKS to either raw raster images and CLUTs and stores it in a generic output file, or to RIS8 data and stores it in an HDF file, or a NERSC compressed movie file.

hdfrseq_new New hdfrseq routine with SunView features.

hdftodico Converts an HDF-formatted file to a Dicomed DCN file.

hdftops Converts HDF raster image data to PostScript format.

iristohdf Converts data in the Silicon Graphics image format to the HDF format.

isistoddc Converts data in the Silicon Graphics image format to the Dicomed D48 DDC format.

xwdtohdf Converts data in the X-Windows display format to the HDF RIS format.

hdftoxwd Converts data in the HDF RIS format to the X-Windows display format.

qdvtohdf Converts data in the qdv format to the HDF RIS format.

paltohdf Converts raw palette data to the HDF palette format.

hdfxdis Displays HDF RIS data on an X-Windows server.

hdf2tiff Converts HDF RIS data to the TIFF image format.

tiff2hdf Converts data in the TIFF image format to the HDF RIS format.

hdf2ras Converts HDF RIS data to the Sun Rasterfile format.

ras2hdf Converts raster image data in the Sun Rasterfile format to the HDF RIS format.

vs2ps Converts polygonal Vset data to contour plots in PostScript format.

vs2ris Converts polygonal Vset data to HDF RIS format.

Name	Description
yuvconvert	Converts raster images in an HDF file to mpeg format.
LinkWinds	Interactively accesses, displays and performs analysis on multidisciplinary data sets. Includes its own graphical user interface.
fixver	Removes garbage data from the end of the version tag in the specified file for the benefit of applications, like the Macintosh port of NCSA Collage, that do not deal with this garbage data well.
ReadDF	Reads the contents of an HDF or a netCDF file into the Silicon Graphics Iris Explorer.
hdfinfo	Displays general information about the contents of an HDF file.
hdf24seq	Sequentially displays 24-bit raster images in HDF files. Tested on IBM RS/6000 and some SGI workstations.
mhdf24seq	Provides the same functionality as hdf24seq, but allows the user to display raster image data from more than one HDF file at a time.
vs2ris	Converts Vset data in the specified file to HDF RIS format.
vs2ps	Converts Vset data in the specified file to PostScript format.
inspectHDF	Displays general information about the contents of an HDF file.
fits2hdf	Converts FITS-formatted data to HDF format.
fix32luf	Fixes a bug in HDF version 3.2 revisions 1, 2 and 3 where SDS strings are written incorrectly.
sds2ris	Converts SDS data in the specified input file to RIS format, then writes the converted data to the specified output file.
cgmct.to.raster.npoc	Converts graphical data from a CGM clear text metafile, as outputted by CA-DISSPLA and CA-GKS to either raw raster images and CLUTs and stores it in a generic output file, or to RIS8 data and stores it in an HDF file.
cgmct.to.raster.withpc	Converts graphical data from a CGM clear text metafile, as outputted by CA-DISSPLA and CA-GKS to either raw raster images and CLUTs and stores it in a generic output file, or to RIS8 data and stores it in an HDF file, or a NERSC compressed movie file.
hdfrseq_new	New hdfrseq routine with SunView features.
hdftodico	Converts an HDF-formatted file to a Dicomed DCN file.
hdftops	Converts HDF raster image data to PostScript format.
iristohdf	Converts data in the Silicon Graphics image format to the HDF format.
isistoddc	Converts data in the Silicon Graphics image format to the Dicomed D48 DDC format.
xwdtohdf	Converts data in the X-Windows display format to the HDF RIS format.
hdftoxwd	Converts data in the HDF RIS format to the X-Windows display format.
qdvtohdf	Converts data in the qdv format to the HDF RIS format.
paltohdf	Converts raw palette data to the HDF palette format.
hdfxdis	Displays HDF RIS data on an X-Windows server.
hdf2tiff	Converts HDF RIS data to the TIFF image format.
tiff2hdf	Converts data in the TIFF image format to the HDF RIS format.
hdf2ras	Converts HDF RIS data to the Sun Rasterfile format.
ras2hdf	Converts raster image data in the Sun Rasterfile format to the HDF RIS format.
vs2ps	Converts polygonal Vset data to contour plots in PostScript format.
vs2ris	Converts polygonal Vset data to HDF RIS format.

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