---
name: "amber_ascii_export"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "cpl-plugin-amber-doc"
version: "4.4.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/amber_ascii_export"
---

# amber\_ascii\_export(7)

AMBER frame data to ASCII export

## NAME

amber\_ascii\_export - AMBER frame data to ASCII export

## SYNOPSIS

esorex **amber\_ascii\_export** \[OPTIONS\] FILE.sof

## DESCRIPTION

This recipe exports data stored in an AMBER OI product into ASCII files, two export methods are present

## OPTIONS

- **--export-method** *\<str\>*

  Export methods (str; default: ´Export SNR, Vis2´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_ascii\_export.export\_method** \[default = *Export SNR, Vis2*\].

Note that it is possible to create a configuration file containing these options, along with suitable default values. Please refer to the details provided by the 'esorex --help' command.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for the amber pipeline can be downloaded as  a PDF file using the following URL:

-

  **ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/amber/amber-pipeline-manual-4.4.3.pdf**

An overview over the existing ESO pipelines can be found on the web page **https://www.eso.org/sci/software/pipelines/**.

Basic documentation about the EsoRex program can be found at the esorex (1)  man page.

It is possible to call the pipelines from python using the python-cpl package. See **https://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html** for further information.

The other recipes of the amber pipeline are [*amber\_BeamPos*(7)](/amber_BeamPos/7.md), [*amber\_SciCal*(7)](/amber_SciCal/7.md), [*amber\_calibrate*(7)](/amber_calibrate/7.md), [*amber\_detector*(7)](/amber_detector/7.md), [*amber\_oimerge*(7)](/amber_oimerge/7.md), [*amber\_p2vm*(7)](/amber_p2vm/7.md), [*amber\_raw\_to\_fitsimage*(7)](/amber_raw_to_fitsimage/7.md), [*amber\_selector*(7)](/amber_selector/7.md), [*amber\_spectral\_calibration*(7)](/amber_spectral_calibration/7.md), [*amber\_trf*(7)](/amber_trf/7.md)

## VERSION

amber\_ascii\_export 4.4.3

## AUTHOR

Klara Shabun \<kshabun@eso.org\>

## BUG REPORTS

Please report any problems to kshabun@eso.org. Alternatively, you may send a report to the ESO User Support Department \<usd-help@eso.org\>.

## LICENSE

GP