DESCRIPTION

Copies the content of BUFR files printing values of some keys.

USAGE

bufr_copy [options] file file ... output_file

OPTIONS


-f

Force. Force the execution not to fail on error.


-p key[:{s/d/l}],key[:{s/d/l}],...

Declaration of keys to print. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be requested. Default type is string.


-s key[:{s/d/l}]=value,key[:{s/d/l}]=value,...

Key/values to set. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be defined. By default the native type is set.


-P key[:{s/d/l}],key[:{s/d/l}],...

As -p adding the declared keys to the default list.


-w key[:{s/d/l}]=value,key[:{s/d/l}]=value,...

Where clause. Only BUFR messages matching the key/value constraints are copied to the output_bufr_file. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be defined. Default type is string.


-B order by directive

Order by. The output will be ordered according to the order by directive. Order by example: "step asc, centre desc" (step ascending and centre descending)


-V

Version.


-W width

Minimum width of each column in output. Default is 10.


-g

Copy GTS header.


-7

Does not fail when the message has wrong length


-v

Verbose.

bufr_copy examples

  1. To copy only the synop messages from a file 

    >  bufr_copy -w dataCategory=0 in.bufr out.bufr


  2. To copy only the non-messages from a file 

    >  bufr_copy -w dataCategory!=0 in.bufr out.bufr