Ubuntu Manpage: stilts - Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library Tool Set

NAME

       stilts - Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library Tool Set

SYNOPSIS


       stilts [-help] [-version] [-verbose] [-allowunused] [-prompt] [-bench] [-debug] [-batch] [-memory]
              [-disk] [-memgui] [-checkversion <vers>] [-stdout <file>] [-stderr <file>]
              <task> <task-args>

       stilts <task> help[=<param-name>|*]

DESCRIPTION

       STILTS  provides  a  number of command-line applications which can be used for manipulating tabular data.
       Conceptually it sits between, and uses many of the same classes as, the packages STIL, which is a set  of
       Java  APIs  providing table-related functionality, and TOPCAT, which is a graphical application providing
       the user with an interactive platform for exploring one or more tables.

       Detailed help for each task is available with the help option of the task.

OPTIONS

Some flags are common to all the tasks in the STILTS package, and these are specified after the stilts
invocation itself and before the task name. They generally have the same effect regardless of which task
is running.

-help Prints a usage message for the stilts command itself and exits. The message contains a listing of
all the known tasks.

-version
Prints the STILTS version number and exits.

-verbose
Causes more verbose information to be written during operation. Specifically, what this does is to
boost the logging level by one notch. It may be specified multiple times to increase verbosity
further.

-allowunused
Causes unused parameter settings on the command line to be tolerated. Normally, any unused parame‐
ters on the command line cause a usage message to be output and the command to fail, on the as‐
sumption that if you've supplied a parameter setting that's not doing anything it is probably a
mistake and you should be given a chance to correct it. But if this flag is set, you just get a
warning through the logging system about any unused parameters, and the command is executed as if
they weren't there.

-prompt
Most of the STILTS commands have a number of parameters which will assume sensible defaults if you
do not give them explicit values on the command line. If you use the -prompt flag, then you will
be prompted for every parameter you have not explicitly specified to give you an opportunity to
enter a value other than the default.

-bench Outputs the elapsed time taken by the task to standard error on successful completion.

-debug Sets up output suitable for debugging. The most visible consequence of this is that if an error
occurs then a full stacktrace is output, rather than just a user-friendly report.

-batch Some parameters will prompt you for their values, even if they offer legal defaults. If you use
the -batch flag, then you won't be prompted at all.

-memory
Encourages the command to use java heap memory for caching large amounts of data rather than using
temporary disk files. The default is to use memory for small tables, and disk for large ones. This
flag is in most cases equivalent to specifying the system property -Dstartable.storage=memory.

-disk Encourages the command to use temporary files on disk for caching table data. The default is to
use memory for small tables, and disk for large ones. Using this flag may help if you are running
out of memory. This flag is in most cases equivalent to specifying the system property
-Dstartable.storage=disk.

-memgui
Displays a graphical window while the command is running which summarises used and available heap
memory. May be useful for profiling or understanding resource constraints.

-checkversion <vers>
Requires that the version is exactly as given by the string <vers>. If it is not, STILTS will exit
with an error. This can be useful when executing in certain controlled environments to ensure that
the correct version of the application is being picked up.

-stdout <file>
Sends all normal output from the run to the given file. By default this goes to the standard out‐
put stream. Supplying an empty string or "-" for <file> will restore this default behaviour.

-stderr <file>
Sends all error output from the run to the given file. By default this goes to the standard error
stream. Supplying an empty string or "-" for <file> will restore this default behaviour.

STILT TASKS

       The following tasks are currently available:

       stilts-calc(1)
              Evaluates expressions

       stilts-cdsskymatch(1)
              Crossmatches table on sky position against VizieR/SIMBAD table

       stilts-coneskymatch(1)
              Crossmatches table on sky position against remote cone service

       stilts-funcs(1)
              Browses functions used by algebraic expression language

       stilts-pixfoot(1)
              Generates Multi-Order Coverage maps

       stilts-pixsample(1)
              Samples from a HEALPix pixel data file

       stilts-plot2d(1)
              Old-style 2D Scatter Plot

       stilts-plot3d(1)
              Old-style 3D Scatter Plot

       stilts-plothist(1)
              Old-style Histogram

       stilts-regquery(1)
              Queries the VO registry

       stilts-sqlclient(1)
              Executes SQL statements

       stilts-sqlskymatch(1)
              Crossmatches table on sky position against SQL table

       stilts-sqlupdate(1)
              Updates values in an SQL table

       stilts-taplint(1)
              Tests TAP services

       stilts-tapquery(1)
              Queries a Table Access Protocol server

       stilts-tapresume(1)
              Resumes a previous query to a Table Access Protocol server

       stilts-tapskymatch(1)
              Crossmatches table on sky position against TAP table

       stilts-tcat(1)
              Concatenates multiple similar tables

       stilts-tcatn(1)
              Concatenates multiple tables

       stilts-tcopy(1)
              Converts between table formats

       stilts-tcube(1)
              Calculates N-dimensional histograms

       stilts-tjoin(1)
              Joins multiple tables side-to-side

       stilts-tloop(1)
              Generates a single-column table from a loop variable

       stilts-tmatch1(1)
              Performs a crossmatch internal to a single table

       stilts-tmatch2(1)
              Crossmatches 2 tables using flexible criteria

       stilts-tmatchn(1)
              Crossmatches multiple tables using flexible criteria

       stilts-tmulti(1)
              Writes multiple tables to a single container file

       stilts-tmultin(1)
              Writes multiple processed tables to single container file

       stilts-tpipe(1)
              Performs pipeline processing on a table

       stilts-tskymap(1)
              Calculates sky density maps

       stilts-tskymatch2(1)
              Crossmatches 2 tables on sky position

       stilts-votcopy(1)
              Transforms between VOTable encodings

       stilts-votlint(1)
              Validates VOTable documents

       stilts-plot2plane(1)
              Draws a plane plot

       stilts-plot2sky(1)
              Draws a sky plot

       stilts-plot2cube(1)
              Draws a cube plot

       stilts-plot2sphere(1)
              Draws a sphere plot

       stilts-plot2time(1)
              Draws a time plot

VERSION

       STILTS version 3.1-2-debian

       This is the Debian version of Stilts, which lack the support of some file formats and network  protocols.
       For differences see
       file:///usr/share/doc/stilts/README.Debian

AUTHOR

       Mark Taylor (Bristol University)

                                                    Mar 2017                                           STILTS(1)