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sddsquery

• name:
  sddsquery
• description:
  sddsquery prints a summary of the SDDS header for a data set. Also prints bare lists of names of defined entities, suitable to use with shell scripts that need to detect the existence of entities in the data set.
• synopsis:
  sddsquery SDDSfilename [ SDDSfilename...] [{-array_list | -associate_list | -column_list | -parameter_list}]
• options: Normal operation of sddsquery results in a printout summarizing the header of each file. If one of the options is given, however, this printout will not appear. Instead, the selected list of names appears for each file.
  • array_list - Requests that a list of array names be printed to the standard output, one name per line.
  • associate_list - Requests that a list of associate names be printed to the standard output, one name per line.
  • column_list - Requests that a list of column names be printed to the standard output, one name per line.
  • parameter_list - Requests that a list of parameter names be printed to the standard output, one name per line.