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[netCDF #HDH-152161]: ncdump help

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  • Subject: [netCDF #HDH-152161]: ncdump help
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:26:59 -0600
Hi Emma,

Sorry to have taken so long to respond to your question.
> I'm currently in the process of converting a netcdf file into a text
> file in Ubuntu. I want to just select one of the variables to import
> into the text file and have followed the following command : ncdump -v
> wspd -p 3 foo.nc
> 
> This command worked fine but my question is how do I change just this
> variable into a text file rather then the file as a whole?
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

ncdump always produces valid CDL as output, so that it can be used as
input to the ncgen tool, which is sort of the inverse of ncdump.  That's
why ncdump can't just output the data for a variable.

However, there are other tools and approaches that could be used, for 
example, see the answer to this frequently asked question:

  How do I convert netCDF data to ASCII or text?
  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/faq.html#converttotext

I hope that helps.

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HDH-152161
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Emergency
Status: Closed