---
name: "h5copy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hdf5-tools"
version: "1.14.5+repack-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/h5copy"
---

# h5copy(1)

Copies HDF5 objects from a file to a new file

## NAME

h5copy: - Copies HDF5 objects from a file to a new file

## DESCRIPTION

usage: h5copy \[OPTIONS\] \[OBJECTS...\]

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  OBJECTS

- **-i**, **--input**

  input file name

- **-o**, **--output**

  output file name

- **-s**, **--source**

  source object name

- **-d**, **--destination**

  destination object name

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  OPTIONS

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

  Print a usage message and exit

- **-p**, **--parents**

  No error if existing, make parent groups as needed

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Print information about OBJECTS and OPTIONS

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version number and exit

- **-f**, **--flag**

  Flag type

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  Flag type is one of the following strings:

- shallow

  Copy only immediate members for groups

- soft

  Expand soft links into new objects

- ext

  Expand external links into new objects

- ref

  Copy references and any referenced objects, i.e., objects that the references point to.

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  Referenced objects are copied in addition to the objects

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  specified on the command line and reference datasets are populated with correct reference values. Copies of referenced datasets outside the copy range specified on the command line will normally have a different name from the original.

-

  (Default:Without this option, reference value(s) in any

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  reference datasets are set to NULL and referenced objects are not copied unless they are otherwise within the copy range specified on the command line.)

- noattr

  Copy object without copying attributes

- allflags

  Switches all flags from the default to the non-default setting

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  These flag types correspond to the following API symbols

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  H5O\_COPY\_SHALLOW\_HIERARCHY\_FLAG H5O\_COPY\_EXPAND\_SOFT\_LINK\_FLAG H5O\_COPY\_EXPAND\_EXT\_LINK\_FLAG H5O\_COPY\_EXPAND\_REFERENCE\_FLAG H5O\_COPY\_WITHOUT\_ATTR\_FLAG H5O\_COPY\_ALL

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **h5copy:** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **h5copy:** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

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  **info h5copy:**

should give you access to the complete manual.