NAME

       stilts-tmultin - Writes multiple processed tables to single container file

SYNOPSIS

       stilts tmultin [nin=<count>] [ifmtN=<in-format>] [inN=<tableN>] [icmdN=<cmds>] [out=<out-
                      file>] [ofmt=<out-format>]

DESCRIPTION

       tmultin takes multiple input tables and writes them to a single output container file. The
       container  file must be of some format which can contain more than one table, for instance
       a FITS file (which can contain multiple extensions)  or  a  VOTable  document  (which  can
       contain  multiple  TABLE  elements).  Individual  filtering may be performed on the tables
       prior to writing them, and their formats may be specified individually.  If  you  want  to
       apply  the  same  pre-processing  to all the input tables, you may find the tmulti command
       more convenient.

OPTIONS

       nin=<count>
              The number of input tables for this task. For each of the input tables N there will
              be associated parameters ifmtN, inN and icmdN.

       ifmtN=<in-format>
              Specifies  the  format  of  input table #N as specified by parameter inN. The known
              formats are listed in SUN/256. This flag can be used if you know what  format  your
              table is in. If it has the special value (auto) (the default), then an attempt will
              be made to detect the format of the table automatically. This cannot always be done
              correctly  however,  in  which  case the program will exit with an error explaining
              which formats were  attempted.  This  parameter  is  ignored  for  scheme-specified
              tables.

       inN=<tableN>
              The location of input table #N. This may take one of the following forms:

                * A filename.

                * A URL.

                * The  special  value  "-", meaning standard input. In this case the input format
                  must be given explicitly using the ifmtN parameter. Note that not  all  formats
                  can be streamed in this way.

                * A scheme specification of the form :<scheme-name>:<scheme-args>.

                * A  system  command  line  with  either  a  "<" character at the start, or a "|"
                  character at the end ("<syscmd" or "syscmd|"). This executes the given pipeline
                  and  reads  from its standard output. This will probably only work on unix-like
                  systems.
               In any case, compressed data in one of the supported  compression  formats  (gzip,
              Unix compress or bzip2) will be decompressed transparently.

       icmdN=<cmds>
              Specifies  processing  to  be performed on input table #N as specified by parameter
              inN, before any other processing has taken place. The value of  this  parameter  is
              one or more of the filter commands described in SUN/256. If more than one is given,
              they must be separated  by  semicolon  characters  (";").  This  parameter  can  be
              repeated  multiple  times on the same command line to build up a list of processing
              steps. The sequence of commands given in this way defines the  processing  pipeline
              which is performed on the table.

              Commands  may  alternatively  be  supplied  in  an  external  file,  by  using  the
              indirection character '@'. Thus a value of "@filename" causes the file filename  to
              be  read  for a list of filter commands to execute. The commands in the file may be
              separated by newline characters and/or semicolons, and lines  which  are  blank  or
              which  start  with  a '#' character are ignored. A backslash character '\fR' at the
              end of a line joins it with the following line.

       out=<out-file>
              The location of the output file. This is usually a filename to write to. If  it  is
              equal to the special value "-" the output will be written to standard output.

       ofmt=<out-format>
              Specifies the format in which the output tables will be written (one of the ones in
              SUN/256 - matching is case-insensitive and you can use just the first few letters).
              If  it  has the special value "(auto)" (the default), then the output filename will
              be examined to try to guess what sort of file is required usually by looking at the
              extension. If it's not obvious from the filename what output format is intended, an
              error will result.

              Not all output formats are capable of writing multiple tables; if  you  choose  one
              that is not, an error will result.

SEE ALSO

       stilts(1)

       If  the  package  stilts-doc  is installed, the full documentation SUN/256 is available in
       HTML format:
       file:///usr/share/doc/stilts/sun256/index.html

VERSION

       STILTS version 3.5.1-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-TMULTIN(1)