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.