gxyrs(1)

📦 version 1.10.2, in nixos 26.05

okay bestie, this is gxyrs(1) at version 1.10.2.20201216 — the manual for a program that batch-processes XYRS files, and yes, we're making it cute 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

gxyrs is literally a program to batch process XYRS files. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gxyrs file [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

XYRS files are usually generated by PCB design programs, and are used by board assemblers. no cap.

The format of XYRS files is discussed in the FILES section, so don't stress — it's all there, bestie 🫶

Processing of these files is often needed by board assemblers or designers to suit their process and tools flows.

gxyrs helps batch-processing these files. Rules and commands can be defined to make batch-processing easy. it's giving "automation with main character energy" 🔥

gxyrs consists of a perl library providing the core functions, and a perl script providing some basic functionality.

It takes some arguments from the command line: input and output files, some modifiers, and an action-file or an action-string.

The action-file or action-script contains some commands. For every line of the input file, gxyrs executes those commands, which can modify the contents of the line, and then writes the resulting line to the output file.

Since gxyrs is written in perl, actions are also written in this language. periodt 🧚

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --help — display a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
  • --verbose — display more information messages when processing files.
  • --process-comments — by default, gxyrs doesn't process lines starting with '*' and '#' characters. It just copies these lines to the output, without further processing. With this option, it processes these lines as well. lowkey useful.
  • --tabulate — give each field in the output file a fixed length, enough to contain the longest string. Using this option makes the output file easier to read by humans. it's giving tidy queen energy 🎀
  • --caseinsensitive — ignore case distinctions when comparing patterns.
  • --adjust FILE — file with the commands to process the input file.
  • --eval PATTERN — interpret PATTERN as the commands to process the input file.
  • --output FILE — save the output to the specified FILE. If FILE string is - (without double quotes), then output is redirected to standard output STDOUT.
  • --output-delimiter CHAR — use the given CHAR as an output field delimiter.

👑 PREDEFINED VARIABLES 👑

gxyrs defines automatically the following variables:

  • REF_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component reference is.
  • FOOTPRINT_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component footprint is.
  • X_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component's X location coordinate is.
  • Y_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component's Y location coordinate is.
  • ANGLE_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component rotation angle is.
  • LAYER_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component's layer side location is.
  • VALUE_COL — column number (starting at 0) where the component's value is. Usually this is the component's part number.
  • LINE_NUMBER — this is the line number of the input file that is being currently processed.
  • LINE — array where each array element is a field or column of the input file's line being processed.

💅 BUILTIN COMMANDS 💅

All the following commands accept a checklist parameter. A checklist is a list of one or more check_items. A checkitem is a list of two single elements:

  • column_number — is the data index number n of the global variable LINE to be checked. The first element of the data has the number 1.
  • pattern — is the regular expression to be matched.

The commands will only be executed on those lines that match all the checkitems in the checklist.

del_line checklist;

Delete the line (global variable LINE) if checklist is matched.

Returns -1 if error, 0 if not match, 1 if match and changed.

rotate_comp angle_col, angle, checklist;

rotate the component the degrees given in angle parameter, if checklist is matched.

The angle column number is angle_col.

Returns 1 if match and changed, 0 if not match, -1 if error.

subst_col_val col, value, checklist;

Replace a column value by the new value value, if checklist is matched.

Returns 1 if match and changed, 0 if not match, -1 if error.

change_col_units units, column_numbers;

Change units of a given column number. More than one column number can be specified.

units is a string with the desired units. Only "mm" (milimeters), "in" (inches) and "mil" (thousands of an inch) are supported.

It is required that numbers to be converted are followed their units (see supported units above). Otherwise, the number is not changed.

bestie, this one is strict about units — no unit suffix means no glow-up for that number 💀

add_number_to_col col_number, value, checklist;

Adds a number to the value in a given column number. Note: offset and the value to be changed can be in different units.

Returns -1 if error, -2 if warning, and 1 if success.

translate_col_val col_number, string, substitution, checklist;

Translate a string in the column col_number if checklist is matched.

substitution is an expression with the new string. Old column value can be used here.

Returns -1 if error, 0 if not match, 1 if match and changed.

Example:

translate 2, '^([0-9]+)n$','sprintf("%dnF",$1)', 3, 'C[0-9]+';

if the value in column 3 is C followed by a number, then if the value in column 2 is a number followed by 'n', translate it to the same value followed by 'nF'.

If there is 'C10' in column 3 and '10n' in column 2, change '10n' to '10nF'.

mul_col_val col_number, factor, checklist;

Multiply the number in the specified column number col_number by the given factor, if checklist is matched.

The number in the specified column number may have units at the end.

Returns -1 if error, 0 if not match, 1 if match and changed.

swap_columns col_number1, col_number2, checklist;

Swap columns col_number1 and col_number2 if checklist is matched.

Returns -1 if error, 0 if not match, 1 if match and changed.

insert_column col_number, new_column_value;

Insert a new column in the given col_number position (0 if it's going to be the first column), with the value new_column_value.

Returns -1 if error, 1 if the new column was inserted.

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

The return value of gxyrs is an integer with the following possible values:

  • 1 if the command found a match and the execution was successful
  • 0 if there was no match
  • -1 if there was an error
  • -2 if there was a warning

📁 FILES 📁

🌈 XYRS files

The format of these files is not standard, and depends on the application used to generate it.

The data stored in these files is usually a header, and one line per component of the board.

For each component, at least the following information is needed by assemblers:

  • Reference
  • Coordinates (X and Y)
  • Rotation angle
  • Side where the component is located (top or bottom)

There can be more information, such as description, footprint, but this depends on the design program and its configuration.

This information is organized in lines, one line per component, and each line is divided in as much fields or columns as needed. Field delimiters are used between columns, but field delimiters are not standardized and they depend on the program used to generate the XYRS file.

The program that generates the XYRS file usually writes a header (usually the first two or three lines in the file) with a column title.

gxyrs tries to guess the file format, and column numbers, based on this header. Thus, the known column titles are the following:

  • for reference designator: Designator, RefDesignator, RefDes.
  • for footprint: Footprint, TopCell, Description (only if there is no other "TopCell" column title).
  • for X coordinate: Mid X, X.
  • for Y coordinate: Mid Y, Y.
  • for rotation angle: Rotation, rotation, Rot.
  • for location side: TB, Side, top/bottom.
  • for value: Comment, PartNumber, Value.

🎀 Action files

An action file contains a list of commands, using perl language, that can include any call to a built-in function or use any variable defined by gxyrs.

Each action file should end with the following line (with a carrier return at the end of the line):

1;

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

okay so these are the demo runs, bestie — commands stay exactly as written, no cap. The vibe is “copy me, I’m iconic.” 💅

Run an action file:

Run the action file your_comands.txt with the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, then write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs  your_xyrs_file.txt --adjust your_commands.txt --output output_file.txt

Run a command specified in the command line:

Run the commands your_commands wiith the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, then write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs  your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "your_commands" --output output_file.txt

Delete some lines matching a pattern.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, delete all lines having a R followed by a number in column number 2, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "del 2, 'R[0-9]+';" --output output_file.txt

Delete some lines matching a pattern, using the column number guessed by gxyrs.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, delete all lines having a R followed by a number in the reference designator column, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "del \$REF_COL, 'R[0-9]+';" --output output_file.txt

Rotate some lines matching a pattern.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, rotate by 90º all lines having a R followed by a number in the reference designator column, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt. Use the rotation and reference column number guessed by gxyrs:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "rotate \$ANGLE_COL, 90, \$REF_COL, 'R[0-9]+';" --output output_file.txt

Change all numbers to 'mm' units.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, convert all numbers in column 3 and 5 to their equivalent in mm, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "change_units 'mm', 3, 5;" --output output_file.txt

Replace a value matching a pattern with another value.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, and if the value in column 3 is "0.1u", then replace it with "100nF", and write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "subst 3 , '100nF', 3, '0.1u'" --output output_file.txt

Change the reference of a component with a value matching a pattern.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, and if the value in the value column is "1n4148", then replace the reference column with "D1", and write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "subst \$REF_COL , 'D1', \$VALUE_COL, '1n4148';" --output output_file.txt

Adds an offset to the X coordinate of a component with a reference having a R followed by a number.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, and if the text in the reference column is R followed by a number, then add 102.5mm to the value in the X coordinate column, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt.

The value in column 3 can be in other units (for example: '640mil'):

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "offset \$X_COL, '102.5mm', \$REF_COL, 'R[0-9]+' ;" --output output_file.txt

Multiply the value of the X coordinate of a component by a number, if the component reference is having a R followed by a number.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, and if the text in the reference column is R followed by a number, then multiply the value in the X coordinate column by 2.5, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt.

The value in column 3 can be in other units (for example: '640mil'):

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "mul_col_val \$X_COL, 2.5, \$REF_COL, 'R[0-9]+' ;" --output output_file.txt

Swap two columns.

Parse the XYRS file your_xyrs_file.txt, swap columns 3 and 4 if the text in column number 4 is R followed by a number, and write the output result to the file output_file.txt:

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "swap_columns 3, 4, 4, 'R[0-9]+' ;" --output output_file.txt

Insert a column.

Insert a column in the first position, displacing all existing columns to the right. The column value is 'new_column_value':

gxyrs your_xyrs_file.txt --eval "insert_column 0, 'new_column_value';" --output output_file.txt

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • regex(7), GNU regular expression manual

signed off by the gEDA Project on December 16, 2020 — this was gxyrs(1), mwah 💖🦋

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