NXCONVERT(1)

💅 NXCONVERT(1) — the general commands manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, welcome to nxconvert from the General Commands Manual section, one (1) of them, and she is here to convert a NeXus file between different on disk file formats. that's the whole name, that's the whole job. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

nxconvert [-x|-h 4|-h 5|-d|-o keepws|-o table] [infile [outfile]]

like. look at her. she's got options and she's not afraid to use them 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so NeXus — love her — supports different file formats for physical storage on disk or other media. and nxconvert is the girl who lets you convert a file to a different backend. glow-up but for file formats. periodt 💖

now here's the interactive part, and it's giving customer service:

• no outfile on the command line? she will ask you for one interactively. no cap.
• no infile either? same deal, she asks. she's not gonna guess, she's gonna ask. 🫶

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

the following options are supported, and yes we're doing all of them, every single one, no skipping:

• -x — create XML output. that's it, that's the vibe ✨
• -h 4 — create HDF4 output. four. not five. four.
• -h 5 — create HDF5 output. five. the sequel. 🔥
• -d — make a XML based definition file used for validating NeXus files — i.e. remove the data. so it's like the file but ✨dehydrated✨, just the structure, none of the substance. iconic honestly.
• -o keepws — the XML file created should preserve whitespace. protect the spaces at all costs 💅
• -o table — the XML file created should write the data in a table format where the columns and rows are easily imported into spreadsheet programs. spreadsheet girlies, this one's for you 🍓

ngl the -o ones only make sense when you're making XML, iykyk. read the list, bestie.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• http://www.nexusformat.org — go there, it's the lore 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

nxconvert was originally written by Freddie Akeroyd and Ray Osborn. kings.

This manual page was written by Tobias Richter <Tobias.Richter@diamond.ac.uk> and may be used by others. so generous, so demure 🙈

that's the whole page, bestie. June 2010 energy, NXCONVERT(1) in the building, and she ate. no crumbs. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸