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NAME

       nxbrowse - browse a NeXus file

SYNOPSIS

       nxbrowse [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       nxbrowse  asks for a filename is none is given on the command line. The file is opened and
       can be interactively explored using the commands described below.

OPTIONS

       No command line options are supported.

COMMANDS

       When the file is opened nxbrowse will print out its version number and the contents of the
       NXroot node of the NeXus file followed by its prompt: NX>
       These case insensitive commands are recognised:

       help   Give out list of available commands. Synonym: info

       exit   Exit the program. Synonym: quit

       dir    List the contents of the current group. Synonym: ls

       open groupName
              Open the NeXus group groupName. Same as: cd groupName

       close  Closes  the  NeXus  group groupName, i.e. moves up one level in the hierarchy. Same
              as: cd ..

       read dataItem [dimension indicies ...]
              Print the contents of the NeXus data item labelled dataItem.  dimension indicies is
              an  optional  comma separated list of dimensions of the correct rank to specify one
              value.

       dump dataItem fileName
              Write the contents of the NeXus data item labelled dataItem to  a  new  file  named
              fileName.

       byteaschar
              Toggle treating (signed and unsigned) byte data as characters.

       If  your  version  of  nxbrowse  has  been  compiled with readline support you can use tab
       completion for commands, groups and data.

SEE ALSO

       nxdir(1) http://www.nexusformat.org

AUTHOR

       nxbrowse was originally written by Ray Osborn <ROsborn@anl.gov>

       This manual page was written by Tobias Richter <Tobias.Richter@diamond.ac.uk> and  may  be
       used by others.

                                            June 2010                                 NXBROWSE(1)