BUFR_GET(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet bufr_get — she's literally a manual page for bufr_get, which is a whole mood honestly 🦋

Wait, real talk: the original page says all of this twice, like a glitch in the group chat where the same message sends two times 😭 so I'm giving you the tea once, but every single word is here, fr fr.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

NAME — bufr_get

DESCRIPTION

She gets the values of some header keys out of a BUFR file 🌸 It's giving bufr_ls energy, except for real: she fails and returns an error code when an error occurs (like when a key is not found, bestie, the drama of it all 💀).

🎀 USAGE

bufr_get [options] file file ...

🫶 OPTIONS

• -f — Force. Makes the execution not fail on error. She's just gonna keep going, no cap 💅
• -p key[:{s|d|i}],key[:{s|d|i}],... — Declaration of keys to print. For each key you can ask for a string (key:s), a double (key:d) or an integer (key:i) type. Default type is string. Periodt.
• -F format — C-style format for floating-point values. Fancy formatting, we love her ✨
• -P key[:{s|d|i}],key[:{s|d|i}],... — Same as -p, but instead of replacing the list, she adds the declared keys to the default list. Best of both worlds, honestly 👑
• -w key[:{s|d|i}]{=|!=}value,key[:{s|d|i}]{=|!=}value,... — The where clause 🕵️ messages are processed only if they match all the key/value constraints. A valid constraint is of type key=value or key!=value. For each key you can specify a string (key:s), a double (key:d) or an integer (key:i) type — default type is string. And in the value you can also use the forward-slash character / to specify an OR condition (i.e. a logical disjunction).

⚠️ ok listen, note: only one -w clause is allowed. One. Not two. Don't test her. 🙈

• -n namespace — All the keys belonging to the given namespace are printed. The whole friend group 🌈
• -s key[:{s|d|i}]=value,key[:{s|d|i}]=value,... — Key/values to set. For each key you can define a string (key:s), a double (key:d) or an integer (key:i) type. By default the native type is set. Main character behavior 💅
• -V — Print version. Gotta know which era of her you're dealing with 🎀
• -W width — Minimum width of each column in output. Default is 10. She likes her columns roomy 🧚
• -m — All the keys belonging to the 'mars' namespace are printed. Iconic namespace, lowkey 🤩
• -g — Copy GTS header. Snatch it, bestie 🫶
• -7 — Does not fail when the message has wrong length. She's forgiving like that 😌
• -h — Display this help text and exit. The classic escape hatch 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

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

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that's the whole thing, no notes 💜 no wait — the page also said NAME bufr_get and repeated the entire DESCRIPTION, USAGE and OPTIONS block a second time, exactly as above. If you want the extended dance remix, consider it read 🌈

source: bufr_get · date: October 2026 · header/footer vibes: BUFR_GET(1) — bye bestie, go read some BUFR headers, you got this 💖✨