METAR_DUMP(1)

✨ METAR_DUMP(1) ✨

okay bestie, manual name is metar_dump, and it lives in section 1 a.k.a. User Commands. that's the whole vibe, let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

metar_dump — manual page for metar_dump

yes she's a self-describing queen. that's literally the whole NAME section. no notes. 📝✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the DESCRIPTION section has its own little nested version of everything (very inception, very main character), and here's what it says, chapter by chapter:

💖 NAME (yes, again, inside the description, don't ask) 💖

metar_dump

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Dump the content of a METAR file in different formats. ✨

🫶 USAGE 🫶

metar_dump [options] file file ...

so yeah, drop your options first, then as many files as your heart desires. file file ... she's not picky. 🌈

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -O — Octet mode. it does a WMO documentation style dump. 📦
• -D — Debug mode. for when you need to see what's going on under the hood. 🔍
• -d — Print all data values. every single one, bestie. 💖
• -t — Print type information. 🏷️
• -j — JSON mode (JavaScript Object Notation). yes, the acronym is in the original and we're keeping it, periodt. 🧚
• -H — Print octet content in hexadecimal format. 0x girlies rise. 🔥
• -a — Dump aliases. 👯
• -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. in the value you can also use the forward-slash character / to specify an OR condition (i.e. a logical disjunction). 📌 Note: only one -w clause is allowed. (yes, only one. don't be greedy. 🙈)
• -7 — Does not fail when the message has wrong length. she's forgiving, she's chill. 🦋
• -V — Print version. ⭐
• -x — Fast parsing option, only headers are loaded. speedrun mode. 💨

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okay and now — no cap — the original goes back and repeats the ENTIRE nested block a second time. same NAME, same DESCRIPTION, same USAGE, same OPTIONS, every single flag, every single word. so here it is again in full, because we do not skip details in this house. 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

metar_dump

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Dump the content of a METAR file in different formats. ✨

🫶 USAGE 🫶

metar_dump [options] file file ...

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -O — Octet mode. WMO documentation style dump. 📦
• -D — Debug mode. 🔍
• -d — Print all data values. 💖
• -t — Print type information. 🏷️
• -j — JSON mode (JavaScript Object Notation). 🧚
• -H — Print octet content in hexadecimal format. 🔥
• -a — Dump aliases. 👯
• -w key[:{s|d|i}]{=|!=}value,key[:{s|d|i}]{=|!=}value,... — 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 a string (key:s), a double (key:d) or an integer (key:i) type can be specified. Default type is string. In the value you can also use the forward-slash character / to specify an OR condition (i.e. a logical disjunction) Note: only one -w clause is allowed. 📌
• -7 — Does not fail when the message has wrong length. 🦋
• -V — Print version. ⭐
• -x — Fast parsing option, only headers are loaded. 💨

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real talk though: if you're reading this and wondering why the whole thing is in here twice — that's just what the source page does, bestie. I'm not the one to fix it, I'm just the one to make it cute. 💅

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and that's the whole page!! the source and version bit says this is metar_dump, and the date stamped on it is October 2026. ily, go dump some METARs responsibly 🩷✨💖