---
name: "grib_dump"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgrib-api-tools"
version: "1.28.0-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/grib_dump"
---

# grib\_dump(1)

## NAME

grib\_dump

## DESCRIPTION

Dump the content of a grib file in different formats.

## USAGE

grib\_dump \[options\] grib\_file grib\_file ...

## OPTIONS

- **-O** Octet mode. WMO documentation style dump.

  - **-D** Debug mode.

  - **-d** Print all data values.

  - **-j** JSON mode (JavaScript Object Notation).

  - **-C** C code mode. A C code program generating the grib message is dumped.

  - **-t** Print type information.

  - **-H** Print octet content in hexadecimal format.

  - **-a** Dump aliases.

  - **-w** key\[:{s/d/l}\]{=/!=}value,key\[:{s/d/l}\]{=/!=}value,...

  Where clause. Grib messages are processed only if they match all the key/value constraints. A valid constraint is of type key=value or key!=value. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be specified. Default type is string.

- **-s** key\[:{s/d/l}\]=value,key\[:{s/d/l}\]=value,...

  Key/values to set. For each key a string (key:s) or a double (key:d) or a long (key:l) type can be defined. By default the native type is set.

- **-M** Multi-field support off. Turn off support for multiple fields in single grib message.

  - **-T** T \| B \| A Message type. T-\>GTS, B-\>BUFR, A-\>Any (Experimental).

  The input file is interpreted according to the message type.

- **-7** Does not fail when the message has wrong length

  - **-V** Version.

  - **-X** offset

  Input file offset in bytes. Processing of the input file will start from "offset".

- **-x** Fast parsing option, only headers are loaded.

  ## AUTHOR

This manpage has been autogenerated by Enrico Zini \<enrico@debian.org\>from the command line help of grib\_dump.