SETEXPRFIELDS(1)

✨ SETEXPRFIELDS(1) ✨

okay bestie, gather round 🫶 this is setExprFields, and it's part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). yes, that OpenFOAM. the CFD one. she's an icon, she's a legend, and this page is literally just about her.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

setExprFields [OPTIONS]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. options go in, magic comes out 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ngl, the original is out here giving us nothing:

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that's the whole description, bestie. no notes. no lore. we move 😭

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

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• -case dir — point at the case directory you wanna use, instead of just vibing in the cwd 🏠
• -decomposeParDict file — use this specific file for the decomposePar dictionary
• -dict file — an alternative dictionary for setExprFieldsDict
• -dry-run — evaluate everything but don't write anything. all the thinking, zero of the commitment 💀
• -latestTime — grab the latest time, obviously 👑
• -noZero — kick the '0/' dir out of the times list 🚫
• -parallel — run it in parallel. [Parallel option] 🔥
• -region name — specify an alternative mesh region
• -time ranges — list of ranges. like ':10,20 40:70 1000:', 'none', etc. yes those are literal, copy them exactly bestie 📋
• -doc — pop the documentation open in your browser 🌈
• -help — short help, then exit
• -help-full — the full help, then exit

💅 ADVANCED OPTIONS 💅

this is where the real ones live. main character energy only 🎀

• -condition logic — the logical condition for when to apply the expression (command-line operation)
• -create — create a new field (command-line operation) ✨
• -debug-parser — extra debugging info, for when you need to see everything
• -debug-switch name=val — set the value of a registered debug switch. default is 1 if you leave the value out. (can be used multiple times, go off)
• -dimension dims — the dimensions to apply for created fields (command-line operation)
• -dummy-phi — (command-line operation)
• -expression expr — the expression to evaluate (command-line operation)
• -field name — The field to overwrite command-line operation)
• -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type
• -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) — per-host slave root directories for distributed running. the host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
• -info-switch name=val — set the value of a registered info switch. default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
• -keepPatches — leave patches unaltered (command-line operation) 🫶
• -lib name — additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
• -no-variable-cache — disable caching of expression variables
• -opt-switch name=val — set the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
• -roots (dir1 .. dirN) — slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
• -value-patches (patches) — a list of patches that receive a fixed value (command-line operation)
• -verbose — extra verbosity, for the girlies who need the tea ☕
• -withFunctionObjects — execute functionObjects
• -doc-source — display the source code in your browser 👩‍💻
• -help-compat — display compatibility options and exit
• -help-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit
• -help-notes — display help notes (description) and exit

🧚 COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS 🧚

• -noFunctionObjects — This option is ignored. literally nothing happens. it's giving decorative 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.

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