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List content of BUFR files printing values of some header keys. Only scalar keys can be printed. It does not fail when a key is not found.

USAGE

bufr_ls [options] bufr_file bufr_file ...

OPTIONS

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Declaration of keys to print. For each key a string (key:s) or , a double (key:d) or a long an integer (key:li) type can be requested. Default type is string.

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C style format for floating-point values.

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As -p adding the declared keys to the default list.

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Where clause. Messages are processed only if they match all the key/value constraints. A valid constraint is of type key=value or key!=value. For each key a string (key:s) or , a double (key:d) or a long an integer (key:li) type can be specified. Default type is string.

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Order by. The output will be ordered according to the order by directive. Order by example: "step asc, centre desc" (step ascending and centre descending) In the value you can also use the forward-slash character '/' to specify an OR condition (i.e. a logical disjunction) Note: only one -w clause is allowed.

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Key/values to set. For each key a string (key:s) or , a double (key:d) or a long an integer (key:li) type can be defined. By default the native type is set.

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bufr_ls examples

1. Without options a default list of keys is printed. The default list can be different depending on the type of bufr BUFR message.

   Code Block
   > bufr_ls ../data/bufr/syno_*multi.bufr

   The result is:

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   ../data/bufr/syno_1multi.bufr masterTablesVersionNumbercentre localTablesVersionNumber rdbType masterTablesVersionNumber rdbSubtype rdbtimeYear rdbtimeMonth localTablesVersionNumber typicalDate typicalTime numberOfSubsetsrdbType localLatitude rdbSubtype localLongitude rdbtimeDate 13 rdbtimeTime 1 numberOfSubsets localLatitude 1 localLongitude 1 2012 10 20121030 000000 1 7.45 ecmf 151.83 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_2.bufr 13 1 120090124 1120000 2012 10 20121030 000000 1 7.45 151.83 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_2.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_3.bufr 13 20090124 1 1 3 2012121435 10 20121030 000000 1 -1570.93 -58.67 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_3.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_4.bufr 13ecmf 1 13 1 120090124 2012 120000 10 20121030 000000 1 54.18 7.9 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_4.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr 13 20090124 1 121435 1 1 200977 1 20090124 120000 1 70.93 15.5 -8.67 13 ecmf 1 13 1 1 2009 1 20090124 120000 1 77 15.5 13 1 1 1 2009 1 20090124 120000121435 1 78.92 11.93 3 of 3 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr 73 of 73 total messages in 51 files

   To list only a subset of messages use the -




2. It is allowed to use wildcards in filenames. w (where option). Only the 12 UTC messages are listed with the following line.

   Code Block
   > bufr_ls -W 8 -w typicalTime=12 ../data/bufr/syno_*.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr masterTablesVersionNumber localTablesVersionNumber rdbType rdbSubtype rdbtimeYear rdbtimeMonth typicalDate typicalTime numberOfSubsets localLatitude localLongitude 0 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_2.bufr 0 of 1 messages in




3. To list only a specific set of keys use the -p option.

   Code Block
   > bufr_ls -p totalLength,bufrHeaderCentre,bufrHeaderSubCentre ../data/bufr/syno_2multi.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_3.bufr 0 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_3.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_4.bufr 0




4. 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" of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_4.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr 0 of 3 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_multi*.bufr 0 of 7 total messages in 5 files




5. All the non-SYNOP 12 UTC messages are listed as follows:

   Code Block

   > bufr_ls -W 8 -w dataCategorytypicalTime!=0"120000" ../data/bufr/syno_*.bufr ../data/bufr/temp_*.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr masterTablesVersionNumber localTablesVersionNumber rdbType rdbSubtype rdbtimeYear rdbtimeMonth typicalDate typicalTime numberOfSubsets localLatitude localLongitude 0 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_2.bufr 0 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_2.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_3.bufr 0 of 1 messages in _*.bufr




6. To list only the second message from a BUFR file:

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   > bufr_ls -w count=2 ../data/bufr/syno_3.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_4.bufr 0 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_4.bufr ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr 0 of 3 messages in ../data/bufr/syno_multi.bufr ../data/bufr/temp_101.bufr 13 1 5 101 2012 10 20121030 000000 1 60.77 -161.83 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/temp_101.bufr ../data/bufr/temp_102.bufr 13 1 5 102 2012 10 20121030 230000 1 51.2 -28.1 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/temp_102.bufr ../data/bufr/temp_106.bufr 13 1 5 106 2012 10 20121030 180000 1 43.2 3.4 1 of 1 messages in ../data/bufr/temp_106.bufr 3 of 10 total messages in 8 files