---
name: "aida2root"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rivet-root-converter"
version: "1.8.3-1.1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/aida2root"
---

# aida2root(1)

Convert AIDA XML format to ROOT TGraph object

## NAME

aida2root - Convert AIDA XML format to ROOT TGraph object

## SYNOPSIS

**aida2root** \[*options*\] *aidafile* \[*aidafile2* ...\]

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-s**, **--smart-output**

  Write to output files with names based on the corresponding input filename

- **-m** PATHPATTERNS, **--match**=*PATHPATTERNS*

  Only write out histograms whose $path/$name string matches these regexes

- **-g**, **--tgraph**

  Store output as ROOT TGraphAsymmErrors or TGraph2DErrors

- **-t**, **--thisto**

  Store output as ROOT TH1 or TH2

## SEE ALSO

[**root2flat**(1)](/root2flat/1.md), [**aida2flat**(1)](/aida2flat/1.md), [**flat2aida**(1)](/flat2aida/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun \<lifongsun@gmail.com\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).