4.21 sddsbinarystring

• description: Converts integer columns from an SDDS file into binary string representations. For each listed column, a string column named <name>BinaryString is appended to the output file.
• examples:
    sddsbinarystring input.sdds output.sdds -column=code  
    sddsbinarystring -pipe -column=code < input.sdds | sdds2stream -pipe -columns=codeBinaryString  
    

• synopsis:
    sddsbinarystring [inputFile] [outputFile] [-pipe=[input][,output]]  
      -column=name[,name...]  
    

• switches:
  • -column=name[,name...] — Specifies the integer columns to convert. Wildcards are permitted.
  • -pipe[=input][,output] — The standard SDDS Toolkit pipe option.
• files:
  • inputFile — SDDS file containing integer columns to convert.
  • outputFile — SDDS file to which string columns are appended.
• author: H. Shang, L. Emery, R. Soliday, ANL/APS.