5.1 awe2sdds

• description: Converts a file in awe self-describing format to SDDS. This is of interest to only a few users at APS, as awe format has been superseeded by SDDS and is rarely used.
• example: To convert awe format Twiss parameter data from an old version of elegant:

  awe2sdds APS.awe APS.sdds -labelColumnName=ElementName

• synopsis:

  awe2sdds inputFile outputFile [-labelColumnName=string] [-asciiOutput]

• files: inputFile is an awe-format file, the SDDS equivalent of which is written to outputFile. The “auxiliary values” of the awe file are converted into SDDS parameters. The awe tables are converted into SDDS tabular data, all columns being double precision except the “row label”, which becomes a string column.
• switches:
  • -labelColumnName=string — Requests that the awe row label be given the name string. By default, the row label is placed in a column named “row-label”.
  • -asciiOutput — Requests that output be in ASCII. By default, the output is binary.
• author: M. Borland, ANL/APS.