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bufr_get fails if a key is not found.
Code Block > bufr_get -p centreName ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr
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Without options a default list of keys is printed. The default list can be different depending on the type of BUFR message.
Code Block > bufr_ls ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr
The result is:
Code Block ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr centre masterTablesVersionNumber localTablesVersionNumber typicalDate typicalTime masterTablesVersionNumber localTablesVersionNumber typicalDaterdbType rdbSubtype rdbtimeDate rdbtimeTime typicalTime numberOfSubsets localLatitude rdbType localLongitude ecmf 13 rdbSubtype 1 rdbtimeDate rdbtimeTime 20090124 numberOfSubsets 120000 localLatitude 1 1 localLongitude 20090124 ecmf 121435 1 13 70.93 1 -8.67 ecmf 13 20090124 1 120000 20090124 1 120000 1 1 1 20090124 20090124 121435 1 121435 77 1 70.93 -8.67 ecmf 13 1 20090124 120000 1 1 20090124 121435 1 77 15.5 ecmf 13 1 15.5 ecmf 13 20090124 1 120000 1 20090124 120000 1 1 20090124 121435 1 78.92 11.93 3 of 3 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr 3 of 3 total messages in 1 files
It is allowed to use wildcards in filenames.
Code Block > bufr_ls ../data/bufr/syno_*.bufr
To list only a specific set of keys use the -p option.
Code Block > bufr_ls -p totalLength,bufrHeaderCentre,bufrHeaderSubCentre ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr
To list only a subset of messages use the -w (where option). Only the 12 UTC messages are listed with the following line.
Code Block > bufr_ls -w typicalTime="120000" ../data/bufr/syno_*.bufr
All the non-12 UTC messages are listed as follows:
Code Block > bufr_ls -w typicalTime!="120000" ../data/bufr/syno_*.bufr
To list only the second message from a BUFR file:
Code Block > bufr_ls -w count=2 ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr
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