Step-by-step guide

Say you want to copy the first 3 messages. This can be done with:

$ grib_copy -w count=1/2/3 in.grib out.grib

But it is better to write a rules file and use grib_filter:

if (count < 4) {
  print "Copying message number [count]";
  write;
}

Then run this as follows:

$ grib_filter -o out.grib my.filter in.grib

Of course you can make the IF condition more complicated e.g. select a range of messages to be copied:

if (count == 3 || count == 13) {
  write;  # Write out message 3 and 13 only
}

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