---
name: "etsf_io"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "etsf-io"
version: "1.0.4-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/etsf_io"
---

# etsf\_io(1)

manual page for etsf\_io command line tool

## NAME

ETSF\_IO library - manual page for etsf\_io command line tool

## SYNOPSIS

**etsf\_io** \[*-h \| -a action*\] \[\[*-i file*\]...\] \[\[*-f flag*\]...\] \[-o file\] \[arguments\]

## DESCRIPTION

Handle ETSF files, see **--action** option.

**-h** **--help**             : show this little help.

**-a** **--action** value     : give the action to perform.

Possible action may be:

         \* 'merge' to gather several files that have been splitted.

         \* 'content' to get the name of specifications the file matches.

         \* 'check' to check the validity of the file against specifications.

**-o** **--output-file** file : give the path to the output ETSF file.

**-i** **--input-file** file  : give the path for an input file.\
                         This option can be used one or several times.

**-l** **--list**             : when action is check, it give the list of available flags.

**-f** **--flag** value       : give a flag name (get valid names from **-l** option).

## EXAMPLES

Merge three files, etsf\_io **-a** merge **-i** file1.nc **-i** file2.nc **-i** file3.nc **-o** output.nc

Get the contents of file test.nc, etsf\_io **-a** content test.nc

Get the list of flags for validity checks, etsf\_io **-a** check **-l**

Checks with two flags, etsf\_io **-a** check **-f** flag1 **-f** flag2 test.nc

## AUTHOR

ETSF\_IO library was written by Damien Caliste, Valerio Oleva, Yann Pouillon and Matthieu Verstaete.

This manual page was written by Damien Caliste \<damien.caliste@cea.fr\>.