BUFR_FILTER(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

bufr_filter — it's literally the manual page for bufr_filter, bestie. that's the whole name section. slay. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

(okay so before we go any further — this page is built different. the whole block underneath shows up twice, and I am keeping both copies because the page says it twice and I do not skip details, not ever. first pass incoming. 🫶)

✨ NAME ✨

bufr_filter

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the vibe: bufr_filter takes the rules defined in your rules_file and applies them to every single BUFR message sitting in the BUFR files you handed it as arguments. every one. all of them. no message left behind. 💖

And the cute little twist: if you pass - (a single dash, nothing else) as the rules_file, the rules get read from standard input instead. iconic behaviour, honestly. ✨

🌈 USAGE 🌈

bufr_filter [options] rules_file bufr_file bufr_file ...

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -f — Force. 💪 forces the execution to not fail on error. it's giving "we move".
• -o output_file — output gets written to output_file. But here's the thing: if an output file is required and -o is not used, the output goes to 'filter.out' instead. surprise default. 🙈
• -V — Print version. that's the assignment, and it ate. ⭐
• -g — Copy GTS header. 🎀
• -7 — Does not fail when the message has wrong length. grace, but make it a flag. 🫶
• -v — Verbose. it will absolutely tell you everything. 🗣️
• -h — Display this help text and exit. bye bestie, love you, mean it. 👋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Full documentation and examples at: <https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/ECC/bufr_filter>

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not me about to type all of that AGAIN 😭 yes fr, the page repeats the entire NAME-through-SEE-ALSO block. second copy, same energy, same facts, zero details dropped:

🙈 NAME 🙈

bufr_filter

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Apply the rules defined in rules_file to each BUFR message in the BUFR files you passed as arguments — same deal as above, every message gets the rules. And if you specify - (a single dash) for the rules_file, the rules are read from standard input. 🦋

🌸 USAGE 🌸

bufr_filter [options] rules_file bufr_file bufr_file ...

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -f — Force. force the execution not to fail on error. 💪
• -o output_file — output is written to output_file. If an output file is required and -o is not used, the output is written to 'filter.out'. ✨
• -V — Print version. 🎀
• -g — Copy GTS header. 🔥
• -7 — Does not fail when the message has wrong length. 🫶
• -v — Verbose. 👑
• -h — Display this help text and exit. 🌈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Full documentation and examples at: <https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/ECC/bufr_filter>

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okay that's the whole page, twice, because that's what it does and I respect it. 💅

cute lil sign-off for you, bestie: this whole thing is bufr_filter, from October 2026, and yes it is page BUFR_FILTER(1) of the manual. go filter something and take care of yourself. 🍓💖