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Re: netCDF General - Transform nc into ASCII

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  • Subject: Re: netCDF General - Transform nc into ASCII
  • Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:08:45 -0600
"Klapper, Tobias" <address@hidden> writes:

> Institution: WINDTEST
> Package Version: netcdf-3.6.0-p1 & netcdf-beta
> Operating System: Windows2000
> Hardware Information: Intel 82443BX Pentium
> Inquiry: Hi at all!
>
> I´m a newbie in using netcdf, but nevertheless want to convert nc-files into 
> ASCII. Although I frisked the whole email-archive, I still got some problems.
>
> At first: I know that for converting nc-files into ascii, I don´t need 
> additional software (e.g. C) and that I don´t have to place the library 
> anywhere.
>
> NetCDF itself should be installed correctly, but I don´t know how to go on!
>
> Opening ncdump.exe (to type a program) is the wrong way - I read in your 
> mail-archive.
> Opening the .nc-file with the ncdump.exe, also didn´t bring me further. The 
> ncdump.exe opened up and firstly showed me the properties of that nc-file. 
> When I started trying to type in any kind of command, the exe didn´t stopped 
> show me numbers.
> So I guess that´s again not the correct way, nevertheless I add some 
> sreenshots of the properties and the numbers (couldn´t manage another way of 
> showing you this).
>
> What am I doing wrong? (Think quite a lot..)
>
> I appreciate your help!
>
> Tobias
>

What platform are you on?

Try running:

ncdump DATAFILE

Does it work?

Thanks,

Ed
-- 
Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden