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)