NAME

       dat2gmt - Convert an ASCII file to a binary gmt file

SYNOPSIS

       dat2gmt gmtfile

DESCRIPTION

       dat2gmt  reads  an  ASCII  version of a gmt file (made by gmt2dat) from standard input and
       creates a binary gmt file.

EXAMPLES

       To create a gmt file from the ASCII file c2104_fixed.ascii, run

       dat2gmt c2104_fixed.ascii c2104.gmt

SEE ALSO

       gmt2dat(1), GMT(1)

REFERENCES

       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 2013, The  Generic  Mapping  Tools  (GMT)  version  4.5.11
       Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA.
       Wessel,  P.,  and  W.  H.  F.  Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic Mapping Tools
       Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79 (47), p. 579.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping  Tools  Released,
       EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329.
       Wessel,  P.,  and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released,
       http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html, Copyright 1995 by the American Geophysical Union.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free  Software  Helps  Map  and  Display  Data,  EOS
       Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441.