---
name: "casacore_floatcheck"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "casacore-tools"
version: "3.7.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/casacore_floatcheck"
---

# casacore\_floatcheck(1)

check files within floating point accuracy

## NAME

casacore\_floatcheck - check files within floating point accuracy

## SYNOPSIS

**casacore\_floatcheck** *input* *output* \[*tolerance*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**casacore\_floatcheck** compares two text files for equality. If numbers mismatch, it is checked if they are near each other. The tolerance can be given as the third argument *tolerance*; it defaults to 1e-5.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Benda Xu \<heroxbd@gentoo.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.