X13AS(1)

✨ x13as — the X-13ARIMA-SEATS Seasonal Adjustment Program ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

x13as [args...]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So X-13ARIMA-SEATS does the seasonal adjustment of one or several time series. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly 👑

Every single argument you pass is either a filename or an option flag. and here's the cute part — when you hand it a filename, you do not put the extension on it, because x13as figures the extension out automatically. it just knows. main character energy fr ✨

The operations that actually get performed are described by specification files, and those have the .spc extension. their format? not documented in this manpage — go look at the reference manual linked down below, iykyk 📄

There are three operation modes, and yes you need to know which one you're in:

1. Operation on one series — the spec file goes in as the first filename. you can optionally drop a second filename for the output, but if you don't, the default is to just reuse the same basename as the spec file. alternatively? you can pass the spec file with -i and the output file with -o. both routes slay 🎀
2. Operation on multiple series, with multiple specifications — you give a metafile (extension .mta) as the argument of -m. that metafile holds the list of spec files, plus optionally the matching output files. very organized of it 💅
3. Operation on multiple series, with single specification — the spec goes in the same way as in mode one (first filename). then you hand a data metafile (extension .dta) to the -d option. that data metafile contains the list of datafiles with the .dat extension, and optionally the corresponding output files. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -c — sums up each of the components of a composite adjustment, but only runs modeling or seasonal adjustment on the total. partial treatment, full drama 💀
• -d filename — filename (no extension, bestie) for the data metafile
• -g dirname — the directory where the graphics metafile and the related files get stored, for feeding into external graphics programs 🎨
• -i filename — filename (no extension) for the input specification file
• -m filename — filename (no extension) for the input metafile
• -n — no tables! only the tables you specifically asked for in the input specification file get printed out. everything else stays quiet 🙈
• -o filename — filename (no extension) used for all output files generated during this run of the program
• -p — no pagination in the main output file
• -q — runs X-13ARIMA-SEATS in quiet-mode, meaning warning messages do not get sent to the console 🤫
• -r — produces reduced X-13ARIMA-SEATS output, same as the GiveWin version of X-13ARIMA-SEATS
• -s — stores the seasonal adjustment and regARIMA model diagnostics in a file
• -t — stores timing information in the diagnostics file. and heads up: if -s or -g are not specified, this will generate a diagnostic file anyway ⏱️
• -v — only checks the input specification file(s) for errors, no other processing. a little vibe check, nothing more 🔍
• -w — wide (132 character) format is used in the main output file 📏

🌈 OUTPUT 🌈

Output files get created with the .out extension, and by default they use the basename of the specification files or the data files. 🫶

Error files may get created with the .err extension, using the same basename as the specification file. 🚨

A log file gets created with the .log extension, using the basename of either the specification file, the metafile, or the data metafile — which one depends on your operation mode. all three modes, all three possibilities, she's flexible like that 💜

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The reference manual of X-13ARIMA-SEATS is available at:

https://www2.census.gov/software/x-13arima-seats/x13as/unix-linux/documentation/docx13as.pdf

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Sébastien Villemot for Debian, using information from the reference manual. absolute legend for that ngl 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀 this was the x13as(1) manual page, coming to you from the Debian x13as package — go adjust some seasons, you've got this 💅✨🌙