DESCRIPTION
Copies the content of grib files printing values of some keys.
USAGE
grib_copy [options] grib_file grib_file ... output_grib_file
OPTIONS
-f
Force. Force the execution not to fail on error.
-r
Repack data. Sometimes after setting some keys involving properties of the packing algorithm a repacking of data is needed. This repacking is performed setting this -r option.
-p key[:{s/d/l}],key[:{s/d/l}],...
Declaration of keys to print. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be requested. Default type is string.
-P key[:{s/d/l}],key[:{s/d/l}],...
As -p adding the declared keys to the default list.
-w key[:{s/d/l}]=value,key[:{s/d/l}]=value,...
Where clause. Only grib messages matching the key/value constraints are copied to the output_grib_file. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be defined. Default type is string.
-B order by directive
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)
-V
Version.
-W width
Minimum width of each column in output. Default is 10.
-M
Multi-field support off. Turn off support for multiple fields in single grib message.
-T T | B | A
Message type. T->GTS, B->BUFR, A->Any (Experimental). The input file is interpreted according to the message type.
-g
Copy GTS header.
-G
GRIBEX compatibility mode.
-7
Does not fail when the message has wrong length
-v
Verbose.
grib_copy examples
To copy only the pressure levels from a file
>> grib_copy -w levtype=pl ../data/tigge_pf_ecmwf.grib2 out.grib
To copy only the fields that are not on pressure levels from a file
>> grib_copy -w levtype!=pl ../data/tigge_pf_ecmwf.grib2 out.grib
A grib_file with multi field messages can be converted in single field messageswith a simple grib_copy.
>> grib_copy multi.grib simple.grib
Use the square brackets to insert the value of a keyin the name of the output file.
>> grib_copy in.grib out_[shortName].grib