AOFLAGGER(1)

📦 version 3.5.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ AOFLAGGER(1) ✨

💖 NAME

okay bestie, so AOFlagger is the tool that runs an RFI strategy on one or several observations 🔥 ngl it's giving main character energy.

🌸 SYNOPSIS

aoflagger [options] <obs1> [<obs2> [..]]

🦋 DESCRIPTION

okay so this program takes an RFI strategy (the kind you whip up in the RFI gui 💅) and runs it on one or several observations. it's literally iconic. it works with at least the Casa measurement set, the SDFITS and Filterbank formats 🫶 and if you need some other file type, check the documentation for support.

btw this program used to be called rficonsole 🧚 so if you see that name in an old tutorial, it's the same girl, just with a glow-up 💜

🎀 OPTIONS

  • -v — turns on verbose output so you can see everything it's doing ✨
  • -j — overrides the number of threads set in the strategy 🔥 (default: one thread for each CPU core)
  • -strategy — lets you pick a customized strategy 💅
  • -direct-read — the slowest IO option 😭 but it will always work, no cap 🫶
  • -indirect-read — reorders the measurement set before starting. this is normally faster, but you need free disk space to hold the reordered data 🌈
  • -memory-read — reads the entire measurement set into memory 🧠 the fastest option, but it's a memory hog 👑
  • -auto-read-mode — picks either memory or direct mode based on how much memory is available 🦋 (default) ✨
  • -skip-flagged — skips an ms if AOFlagger already processed it, according to its HISTORY table 🙈
  • -uvw — reads the uvw values 🍓 (some exotic strategies need these, so don't skip it if yours does)
  • -column <name> — specify the column you want to flag 💜
  • -bands <list> — comma separated list of (zero-indexed) band ids to process 🌸
  • -fields <list> — comma separated list of (zero-indexed) field ids to process 💖

💅 AUTHOR

the one and only André Offringa <offringa@gmail.com> 👑

⚠️ bestie, a quick heads up: the option list above is copied straight from the original page, so -strategy, -direct-read and the rest use single dashes exactly as written. if something doesn't work, double check the spelling and dashes 🫶

AOFlagger 2016-07-09 · AOFLAGGER(1) — stay iconic, bestie, and happy flagging! 🌈💖✨

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